Here I am, answering the burning question on everyone’s lips: “What if Shakespearean characters wrote their speeches using voice-to-text?”
(Repost) Honorificabilitudinitatibus
This last week kind of got away from me, so while I get my act back together let’s dip into the archives and learn more about one of my favorite words!
Being able to say “honorificabilitudinitatibus” is one of my party trick.
Being able to say it BACKWARDS (“subitatinidutilibacifironoh”) is another one.
Being able to recite the Salic Law speech is a third.
I’m a lot of fun at parties.
GTB Play Page Updates: Henry VIII, King John, and Love's Labour's Lost
A trifecta of relatively obscure plays today!
I’ve seen Henry VIII and King John performed lived twice each now, and Love’s Labour’s four times, not counting various filmed productions. I can also say “honorificabilitudinitatibus” forwards and backwards. My Shakespeare geek creds are strong.
Shakespearean Valentines (part 2)
Don’t know why it’s taken me six years to follow up on my first set of Shakespearean Valentines, but better late than never, eh?
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
STA 2021: Virtual Conference Pros and Cons
Having survived my first virtual conference, I have to say there were more pros than I thought, although the cons were very substantial. Particularly the doom-scrolling one. I tell you, there is nothing more liable to distract you from an online conference session than watching a bunch of white-supremacist fascist terrorists storming your country’s seat of government in another window.
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Regular programming (whatever the hell that is) resumes next week! Stay safe, loyal readers.
STA 2021: Virtual Conference F.A.Q.
Hey all! A slight deviation from our usual programming today. I don’t know why I’m telling you that: I’m literally the only person in the world who knows what my usual programming is supposed to be, BUT ANYWAYS. MOVING ON.
Ahem. I’ve been wonderfully busy the last two weeks attending the Shakespeare Theatre Association’s annual conference. The STA conference is always a highlight of my year, as it’s a chance for me to see some of my very favorite people and to learn from them, but I was oddly unexcited about this year’s conference, which, due to THE THING, was going to be all virtual. Being on Zoom for seven days just didn’t seem very appealing to me.
Of course I was wrong, and it turned out to be a wonderfully inspiring, engaging, and fun experience. As usual, I drew lots of comics documenting my conference experience and, as I struggle to get back to my aforementioned usual programming, I thought I’d share a couple with you here this week.
GTB Play Page Updates: Richard II
Well, we’ve reached the the first play I ever gave the full scene-by-scene treatment: Richard II. As with Coriolanus, I did this rather-less-than-mainstream play early on in my Good Tickle Brain career purely to take advantage of the internet buzz around David Tennant’s stint as Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the subsequent National Theatre Live screening of that performance.
Anyways, check it and my vague smattering of other Richard II comics here!
Shakespearean New Year's Resolutions, part 2 (Remastered)
Let’s keep on updating my past New Year’s Resolutions comics, shall we?
Here is the original:
