tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post3322558792863923540..comments2023-11-29T08:37:13.272-08:00Comments on Dare I read?: I don’t like Shakespeare because he doesn’t write in English?Glenn Ingersollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-80330142429056577652009-01-22T15:18:00.000-08:002009-01-22T15:18:00.000-08:00Hello, Mr Richmond! Thanks for working up those co...Hello, Mr Richmond! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for working up those contemporary translations. I'll probably read another sometime. Yes, even though I say I don't like Shakie. <BR/><BR/>Meaningless coincidences: my partner's name is Kent, I got the Lear translation via interlibrary loan -- the owning library: Richmond Public.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-27958907741561106192009-01-22T14:49:00.000-08:002009-01-22T14:49:00.000-08:00I notice that you commented in a later post on my ...I notice that you commented in a later post on my translation of Macbeth. I began the project after using McWhorter's book in a course I taught at California State University, Long Beach.<BR/><BR/>When I showed McWhorter my translation of King Lear, he was surprised and thrilled that someone had taken him up on the idea of doing careful, faithful translations. He wrote a nice testimonial that you can read on the book's website. <BR/> <BR/>Kent Richmond<BR/>www.fullmeasurepress.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13713201699582802948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-70135124879695312212008-12-02T15:32:00.000-08:002008-12-02T15:32:00.000-08:00So maybe I'd enjoy Shakespeare's plays more if the...So maybe I'd enjoy Shakespeare's plays more if they were subtitled? I enjoy plenty of foreign films. I'll have to see if any of the library's filmed Shakespeares have English subtitles.David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.com