Posts by Falstaff

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

This one is almost like Hamlet or Midsummer Night’s Dream for the sheer convenience of a having one iconic symbol...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

When you imagine the characters that inhabit Shakespeare’s plays you likely imagine queens, kings, dukes, duchesses, fools, women dressed as...

Coriolanus

Coriolanus

Starting around the time of Christ, the letters SPQR became an official acronym of the Roman Empire. Appearing on coins,...

The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale contains Shakespeare’s most famous stage direction, ‘Exit, pursued by a bear.’ For years, scholarly debate has raged...

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

Cymbeline features one of Shakespeare’s creepiest scenes – Iachimo bets Posthumous that he (Iachimo) can seduce Posthumus’ faithful wife, Imogen. Like...

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

This is reckoned by cerebral types to be Shakespeare’s final work, but tradition accords that honour to The Tempest. Whatever...

The Tempest

The Tempest

I’ve chosen to present The Tempest as the final play in the canon. Regardless of when it was composed (certainly...

The Complete Dramatic Works

The Complete Dramatic Works

For all of his fame and lasting influence, we still know very little about Shakespeare and are unlikely to ever...

The Sonnets

The Sonnets

I wanted something simple for The Sonnets and so settled on this feather pendant, in the hope that people would...