"Festival with their productions of As You Like It and Henry V, a 2007 production of Macbeth that performed at the Patuxent Institution, a maximum security prison based in Jessup, Maryland, the 2014 Maryland debut of Shakespeare's Richard II, Wild Oats, a rare 18th Century play and their own Baltimore themed adaptation of A Christmas Carol (adapted by Founder and Artistic Director Ian Gallanar) running every December from 2014 - 2017. In 2017, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company hosted the international Shakespeare Theatre Association conference. The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's education programs include professional artist development, community education, innovative K-12 school programming,"
"natural for our whetstone""). Often he tries to show off his wit and intelligence by making some wise comments and references. Touchstone compares himself to Ovid and Jaques likens him to Jove in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"". The word ""touchstone"" appears in Book II of the second 1575 edition of Arthur Golding's translation of this work. in which Mercury tricks Battus into revealing the whereabouts of the cattle of Apollo which Mercury himself has stolen and punishes Battus by turning him into a touchstone. In ""Shakespeare's Clown,"" David Wiles suggests that Robert Armin played the part of Touchstone in the first productions"
"play's parodic treatment of Terentian comedy. The plot centres on the loss of a needle belonging to Gammer Gurton. It is eventually found when her servant, Hodge, is slapped on the buttocks by the trickster figure Diccon and discovers it in the seat of his breeches. John Still John Still (c. 1543 – 26 February 1607/8), bishop of Bath and Wells, enjoyed considerable fame as a preacher and disputant. He was formerly reputed to be the author of the early English comedy drama ""Gammer Gurton's Needle"" (see below). He was born 1543 at Grantham, Lincolnshire. After finishing his schooling at"
"thunderbolt. The ghosts fall on their knees."" The actors in Shakespeare's company included the famous Richard Burbage, William Kempe, Henry Condell and John Heminges. Burbage played the leading role in the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including ""Richard III"", ""Hamlet"", ""Othello"", and ""King Lear"". The popular comic actor Will Kempe played the servant Peter in ""Romeo and Juliet"" and Dogberry in ""Much Ado About Nothing"", among other characters. He was replaced around 1600 by Robert Armin, who played roles such as Touchstone in ""As You Like It"" and the fool in ""King Lear"". In 1613, Sir Henry Wotton"
"Eastward Hoe Eastward Hoe or Eastward Ho! is an early Jacobean-era stage play written by George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston. The play was first performed at the Blackfriars Theatre by a company of boy actors known as the Children of the Queen's Revels in early August 1605, and it was printed in September the same year. ""Eastward Ho!"" is a citizen or city comedy about Touchstone, a London goldsmith, and his two apprentices, Quicksilver and Golding. The play is highly satirical about social customs in early modern London, and its anti-Scottish satire resulted in a notorious scandal in"
"to walk out onto the roadway, Lord Redbrick has the other red gnomes glue Juliet's feet to her fountain because he does not want to lose her like he lost her mother. Gnomeo's mushroom friend, Shroom, finds out that Gnomeo is still alive as a blue teapot fell out of the truck, and a dog has carried him to a nearby park. He and Featherstone eventually reaches the park where Gnomeo climbs onto a statue of William Shakespeare (Patrick Stewart) and tells him his story. Shakespeare tells Gnomeo that his story is very similar to his own writing, of Romeo"
"entirely unnecessary to the plot, but are full of “Wit” and are very popular in the ""new style"" of writing. In fact, the further the play continues, the less sense it makes, and the more Bayes defends it. Discussion continues to include Bayes' approval of such devices as “songs, ghosts, and dances,” as a way of filling the theatre seats. Finally, Bayes calls his play a “Touch-stone,” and says he will be able to judge the character of any man by observing his reaction to the play. Scene 2 of the play includes 3 major plot developments: the mysterious death,"
"which King James was offended and the play's authors were imprisoned. ""Eastward Ho!"" also references, even parodies, popular plays performed by adult companies such as ""The Spanish Tragedy"", ""Tamburlaine"", and ""Hamlet"". The play's title alludes to ""Westward Ho!"" by Thomas Dekker and John Webster who also wrote ""Northward Ho!"" in response that same year""."" William Touchstone, a London goldsmith, chastises his apprentice Francis “Frank” Quicksilver for his laziness and prodigality. Concerned with his reputation, he tells Quicksilver to consider his actions with the catchphrase, ""Work upon that now!"" (1.1.10-1). Touchstone also warns Quicksilver against dishonest business and bad company, but"
"(No. 14 UK charts), following on from ""Mr. Custer"" (No. 12 UK charts) hit. In 1972 Drake recorded a spoof song called 'Puckwudgie' on Columbia records. It referred to a 2-or-3-foot-tall (0.61 or 0.91 m) being from the Wampanoag folklore. It reached number 47 in the BBC Top 50 in early 1972. Peter Gabriel, after leaving Genesis in late 1975, produced a single ""You Never Know"" for Drake (UK Charisma), it was not a chart success. Drake turned to straight acting in the 1980s, winning acclaim for his role as Touchstone in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" (at the Ludlow"
"the Yorkshire Television series, ""Justice"", opposite Margaret Lockwood, his offscreen partner of seventeen years. Subsequently, he appeared in the BBC series, ""Flesh and Blood"" (1980–82) and ""Strike it Rich"" (1986/87). Under his birth name of John Hailstone, he authored ""A Present for the Past"", a play premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of 1966. It starred Wendy Hiller, Renee Asherson, and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, and was produced by Michael Codron. John Stone (actor) John Stone (26 May 1924 – 2007) was a Welsh actor. Born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales as John Hailstone, Stone"
"In Shakespeare's elaborated version of the event, Cade strikes London Stone with a staff rather than a sword, then seats himself upon the Stone as if on a throne, to issue decrees and dispense rough justice to a follower who displeases him. In 1598, London Stone was again brought to the stage, in William Haughton's comedy ""Englishmen for My Money"", when three foreigners, being led about on stage through the supposedly pitch-black night-time streets of London, blunder into it. Later, London Stone was to play an important but not always consistent role in the visionary writings of William Blake. Thus"
"and elsewhere. At the Princess's Theatre, London, where he performed for three years, he famously played Touchstone in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" in 1844. He was then at the Olympic Theatre, where he also remained three years. After the Olympic burned down, he moved to the Royal Strand Theatre. In 1853 he joined the company of John Baldwin Buckstone at the Haymarket Theatre, where he originated the role of Blenkinsop in ""An Unequal Match"" by Tom Taylor, Sir Solomon Frazer in Taylor's ""The Overland Route"", De Vaudray in ""A Hero of Romance"" by Westland Marston, and Captain Mountraffe in"
"The toadstone is alluded to by Duke Senior in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" (1599), in Act 2, Scene 1, lines 12 through 14: Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. In James Branch Cabell's short story ""Balthazar's Daughter"" (collected in ""The Certain Hour"") and its subsequent play adaptation ""The Jewel Merchants"", Alessandro de Medici attempts to seduce Graciosa by listing various precious jewels in his possession, including ""jewels cut from the brain of a toad"". Toadstone The toadstone, also known as bufonite (from Latin ,"
"facsimile text at Internet Archive. Histriomastix (play) Histriomastix or The Player Whipped is a late Elizabethan play, written by the satirist John Marston and acted in 1599. It was previously thought that the play was likely acted by the Children of Paul's, one of the companies of boy actors active at the time; but more recent research suggests that ""Histriomastix"" was performed at the 1598–9 Christmas revels of the Middle Temple. (Plays acted at the Inns of Court could take an approach opposite to that of the professionals, maximizing rather than minimizing the number of roles to make room for"
"phase. Gareth, toward the end of his quest, accepts a ring from his paramour, Lyoness, which transforms his armor into multicolors. This alludes to the panchromatic philosopher's stone, and while he is in multicolored armor, he is unbeatable. ""The Tempest"" is the most alchemically influenced of all William Shakespeare's work, steeped as it is in alchemical imagery (dying Kings and sons, Ariel as the spirit Mercurius etc.) with Prospero as the archetypal Magus. The main character in the play ""Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)"", by Ann-Marie MacDonald, succeeds in determining the alchemy behind Shakespeare's ""Othello"". Literary alchemy continues to be"
"Histriomastix (play) Histriomastix or The Player Whipped is a late Elizabethan play, written by the satirist John Marston and acted in 1599. It was previously thought that the play was likely acted by the Children of Paul's, one of the companies of boy actors active at the time; but more recent research suggests that ""Histriomastix"" was performed at the 1598–9 Christmas revels of the Middle Temple. (Plays acted at the Inns of Court could take an approach opposite to that of the professionals, maximizing rather than minimizing the number of roles to make room for enthusiastic amateurs. Without doubling, a"
"written for the particular talents of famous Elizabethan actor, William Kempe. After Kempe left the troupe, Shakespeare's comic characters changed dramatically. Kempe was known for his improvising, and ""Hamlet"" contains a famous complaint at improvisational clowning (Act 3, Scene 2). Perhaps central to the Bard's redrawing of the fool was the actor Robert Armin: ... Shakespeare created a whole series of domestic fools for [Ar- min]. [His] greatest roles, Touchstone in ""As You Like It,""(1599), Feste in ""Twelfth Night,""(1600), and (the) fool in ""King Lear,""(1605); helped Shakespeare resolve the tension between thematic material and the traditional entertainment role of the"
"play by Lucinda Coxon at the National Theatre, London. He was seen in David Eldridge's ""Under The Blue Sky"", which ran from July to September 2008 at the ""Duke of York's Theatre"", London, then from December 2009 in Martin Crimp's version of Molière's comedy ""The Misanthrope"" at the Comedy Theatre, London. In summer 2009, he appeared as Touchstone in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"" at the ""Globe Theatre"", where he also appeared in the title role of ""Henry VIII"" in 2010. In July 2011 he appeared at the Royal Court alongside Romola Garai in ""The Village Bike"". In 2012 he"
"alter it so much that it became almost unrecognisable. However, Dibdin did accept two clever emendations suggested by Garrick, which resulted in a reconciliation between the two men: it is claimed that Garrick's very last step upon the stage was during a rehearsal for ""The Touchstone"" a night or two before the opening. Covent Garden productions continued with ""The Chelsea pensioners"", and ""The Mirror, or, Harlequin everywhere"" (a pantomime) (both 1779), and in 1780 the comic opera ""The Shepherdess of the Alps"", and the three-act opera ""The Islanders"", most of which was re-presented as a two-act farce called ""The Marriage"
"play is based on various accounts of the semi-legendary Brythonic figure Leir of Britain, whose name has been linked by some scholars to the Brythonic god Lir/Llŷr, though in actuality the names are not etymologically related. Shakespeare's most important source is probably the second edition of ""The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande"" by Raphael Holinshed, published in 1587. Holinshed himself found the story in the earlier ""Historia Regum Britanniae"" by Geoffrey of Monmouth, which was written in the 12th century. Edmund Spenser's ""The Faerie Queene"", published 1590, also contains a character named Cordelia, who also dies from hanging, as"
"the handkerchief soaked in Rutland's blood which Margaret produces during York's torture in Act 1, Scene 4. This could have been influenced by the recurring image of a bloody handkerchief in the immensely popular ""Tragedy"", insofar as a handkerchief soaked in the blood of his son, Horatio, is carried by the protagonist, Hieronimo, throughout the play. A minor source which Shakespeare certainly used was Arthur Brooke's ""The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet"" (1562), which was also Shakespeare's source for ""Romeo and Juliet"". Much of Margaret's speech to her army in Act 5, Scene 4 is taken almost verbatim from"
"The Gamester The Gamester is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy of manners written by James Shirley, premiered in 1633 and first published in 1637. The play is noteworthy for its realistic and detailed picture of gambling in its era. The play was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 11 November 1633. In his office record book, Herbert noted that on 6 February 1634, Apart from the King's suggestion, Shirley's source for the plot of his play is the ""Ducento novelle"" of Celio Malespini. The play was performed by Queen Henrietta's Men,"
"he may also have played with the company at the Curtain, while Kempe was still a member. Armin is generally credited with all the ""licensed fools"" in the repertory of the Chamberlain's and King's Men: Touchstone in ""As You Like It"", Feste in ""Twelfth Night"", the Fool in ""King Lear"", Lavatch in ""All's Well That Ends Well"", and perhaps Thersites in ""Troilus and Cressida"", the Porter in ""Macbeth"", the Fool in ""Timon of Athens"", and Autolycus in ""The Winter's Tale"". Of these eight, Touchstone is the fool about which there is the most critical discussion. Harold Bloom describes him as"
"got from their mentions in ""Dunciad."" In 1728, Ralph published ""The Touchstone."" It was a burlesque of the tout guides to London, and it gives its reader humorous advice on going about the town (as John Gay's ""Trivia"" had done in 1716) and directs them toward London's seamier 'attractions.' In it, he suggested a series of plays that should be done based on English folklore, such as ""Tom Thumb."" Martin Battestin, Kenny, and Okie all agree that this work brought Ralph to the attention of Henry Fielding, who used the hints for his own ""Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb)"" in"
"Parasitaster, or The Fawn Parasitaster, or The Fawn is an early Jacobean play, written by the dramatist and satirist John Marston in 1604, and performed by the Children of the Queen's Revels in the Blackfriars Theatre. The play was entered into the Stationers' Register on 12 March 1606, and published later that year, in two separate states: the Epistle in the second states that it is a corrected version of the first, by the author. An apparent allusion in IV,i, 310 to the bloody execution of Sir Everard Digby on 30 January 1606, indicates that Marston revised the play after"
"quarter of the 20th century, Pounds appeared regularly in London in a variety of roles ranging from Shakespeare to variety. He established himself as a popular Shakespearean character actor with Tree's company, as the clown Feste in ""Twelfth Night"" (1901), the preposterous Sir Hugh Evans in ""The Merry Wives of Windsor"", and Touchstone in ""As You Like It"" (1907), of which ""The Times"" said he ""acts even better than he sings, which is, of course, saying a good deal."" ""The Manchester Guardian"" wrote of him, ""Courtice Pounds had all that Shakespeare asked of his clowns – the gift of song"
"much, but think the more"" (4.1.85) and ""Not I, my thoughts aim at a further matter:/I stay not for love of Edward but the crown"" (141.124–125); Warwick's ""O unbid spite, is sportful Edward come"" (5.1.18); the entirety of Richard's soliloquy in Act 5, Scene 6, after killing Henry (ll.61–93) and Richard's ""To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master/And cried 'All hail', whenas he meant all harm"" (5.7.33–34). The play also featured in ITV's ""Will Shakespeare"", a 1978 six-part (heavily fictionalised) biopic of Shakespeare (Tim Curry), written by John Mortimer. Episode one, ""Dead Shepherd"", focuses on Shakespeare's apprenticeship to"
"skin irritants and pathogens. In Great Britain and Ireland, the stinging nettle (""U. dioica"" subsp. ""dioica"") is the only common stinging plant and has found a place in several figures of speech in the English language. Shakespeare's Hotspur urges that ""out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety"" (""Henry IV, part 1"", Act II Scene 3). The figure of speech ""to grasp the nettle"" probably originated from Aesop's fable ""The Boy and the Nettle"". In Seán O'Casey's ""Juno and the Paycock"", one of the characters quotes Aesop ""Gently touch a nettle and it'll sting you for your pains/Grasp"
"Johnstone, Warwick Evans as the Narrator, Con O'Neill as Mickey and Robert Locke as Eddie, leading to a revival at the Albery Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre), directed by Tomson, with the same cast. O'Neill won an Olivier Award for his performance, and Dee was nominated. It opened on 28 July 1988 and moved out of that theatre on 16 November 1991. The musical transferred to the Phoenix Theatre on 21 November 1991, where it closed on 10 November 2012. Due to close on 27 October, its run was extended by 2 weeks with returning favourites in the closing"
"token of his forgiveness to the man who has just attempted to rape her, is a sign of Shakespeare's lack of maturity as a dramatist. In his 2008 edition of the play for the Oxford Shakespeare, Roger Warren argues that the play is the oldest surviving piece of Shakespearean literature, suggesting a date of composition as somewhere between 1587 and 1591. He hypothesizes that the play was perhaps written before Shakespeare came to London, with an idea towards using the famous comic actor Richard Tarlton in the role of Launce (this theory stems from the fact that Tarlton had performed"
"Alan David (actor) Alan David (born 29 December 1941 as Alan Davies) is a Welsh actor, best known for his stage and television roles. David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. After working in repertory at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and the Victoria Theatre, Stoke, David was a regular performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1970 and 2003, most notably as Touchstone in ""As You Like It"" (1977), various rôles in the 1986 revival of ""Nicholas Nickleby"" and Polonius in ""Hamlet"" (2001). His regular London appearances include parts at the National Theatre, Almeida Theatre and Royal Court Theatre. He"
"made by protagonist at Rosemary. In Gilbert and Sullivan's first joint operetta ""Thespis"" there are several references to Lempriere when the cast are arguing about their rightful positions in ancient Greek mythology. In Virginia Woolf's ""Between The Acts"", there is a reference to Lempriere to help find the origin of ""Touch wood."" John Lemprière John Lemprière (c. 1765, Jersey – 1 February 1824, London) was an English classical scholar, lexicographer, theologian, teacher and headmaster. He was the son of Charles Lemprière (died 1801), of Mont au Prêtre, Jersey. He received his early education at Winchester College, where his father sent"
"who had attended Thackeray when suffered a life-threatening illness in 1849. Elliotson was a friend of Charles Dickens, and introduced Dickens to Mesmerism. Wilkie Collins, a close friend of Dickens described Elliotson as ""one of the greatest English physiologists,"" and cites an example of state-dependent memory from Elliotson's ""Human Physiology"" in ""The Moonstone."" Elliotson is a major antagonist in the game "","" who performs brutal and fatal experiments on the insane at Lambeth Asylum and is a secret member of the Templar Order. He is later killed by the Master Assassin Jacob Frye. John Elliotson John Elliotson (29 October 1791"