Pat Carroll, describing her attitude toward her characterization of Ursula in The Little Mermaid: “I (saw Ursula as this) ex-Shakespearean actress who now sold cars.” via Jim Hill Media
Tag: Shakespeare
Oct 11
poignard
n., PONE-yerd or PWN-yerd for you gamers out there. As you could probably tell from the way the pronunciation doesn’t match the spelling, the word is indeed French. The Anglicized spelling is ‘poniard,’ and in French or English it refers to a small, tapering dagger. “She speaks poniards, and every word stabs.” –Benedick, from Much …
Mar 26
Quotable: Touchstone from As You Like It
TOUCHSTONE: This is the very false gallop of verses. Why do you infect yourself with them? ROSALIND: Peace, you dull fool. I found them on a tree. TOUCHSTONE: Truly, the tree yields bad fruit.
Feb 04
Review: A Death in the Venetian Quarter
Alan Gordon’s is one of a series of mysteries set around 1200 AD and based on characters from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The main characters are jesters who belong to the Fool’s Guild, who in this particular novel attempt to solve a murder and prevent the fall of Constantinople. Judging the book by its cover like …
