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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Slings & Arrows – Season 2

LitQuotes Blog Posted on March 31, 2011 by LitQuotesApril 23, 2017

Slings & Arrows - Season 2
Season One of Slings & Arrows dealt with a production of Hamlet.  The second season of Slings & Arrows takes on the dreaded Macbeth.  Along the way the characters face  issues as diverse as love, death, middle age and tax audits.

What can I tell you?  It’s smart.  It’s funny.  I enjoyed it immensely.

“There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Posted in LitQuotes on TV | Tagged Macbeth, William Shakespeare

Gad’s Hill Place and Charles Dickens

LitQuotes Blog Posted on March 29, 2011 by LitQuotesNovember 8, 2015

Charles Dickens bought Gad’s Hill Place in 1856 and lived there until his death in 1870. This video shows the house as well as the surrounding area.

Hmmm . . . I wonder how much a trip to England would cost?

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Posted in Charles Dickens | Tagged Charles Dickens

Conan Doyle Speaks

LitQuotes Blog Posted on March 28, 2011 by LitQuotesNovember 8, 2015

Check out this fascinating YouTube video showing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle talking about how he came up with the idea for Sherlock Holmes.

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Posted in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Tagged A Case of Identity, A Scandal in Bohemia, A Study in Scarlet, His Last Bow, Silver Blaze, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The “Gloria Scott”, The Adventure of Black Peter, The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, The Adventure of the Creeping Man, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot, The Adventure of the Dying Detective, The Adventure of the Empty House

More Zombies – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

LitQuotes Blog Posted on March 23, 2011 by LitQuotesNovember 8, 2015

Jane Austen I had heard of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies before.  To be honest, I didn’t really pay that much attention.  A rewrite of the Pride and Prejudice with Zombies?  I filed in my brain the same place as the ghost of Elvis and Big Foot.  Then I read the reviews.

Entertainment Weekly gave it an A-.  It made it to the top ten of the New York Times bestseller list.  The A.V. club states, “Grahame-Smith’s amendments add some interest, pathos, and essential motivation to Austen’s subplots.”

This one could be worth a read.  In the meantime, if you want Zombie-free Jane Austen:

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” ~ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

 

Posted in LitNews | Tagged Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Slings & Arrows – Season 1

LitQuotes Blog Posted on March 21, 2011 by LitQuotesApril 19, 2013

Slings & Arrows - Season 1
One evening I was looking through the TV comedies section of Netflix and I found this gem.  The first season of Slings & Arrows focuses on a production of Hamlet by a Shakespearean theater troupe.  There are artistic differences, personal issues, romantic problems, corporate drama and, last but not least, a ghost.

“To be, or not to be,–that is the question:–whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” ~ Hamlet by William Shakespeare

 

Posted in LitQuotes on TV | Tagged Hamlet, William Shakespeare

New Quotes and More

LitQuotes Blog Posted on March 19, 2011 by LitQuotesNovember 8, 2015


We’ve added over 20 new quotes to our collection.   I’m not quite sure how it happened, but all the new quotes are from two titles.  There are Hamlet quotes and Heart of Darkness quotes.

 

Posted in Site News | Tagged Hamlet, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, William Shakespeare

Gift Shop News – License Plate Frames

LitQuotes Blog Posted on March 13, 2011 by LitQuotesNovember 8, 2015

Literary License Plate FramesShow the world that you’re a fan of literature with out new license plate frames.  We’ve got them for Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe and more.

Posted in Charles Dickens, Site News | Tagged Anne Bronte, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Bronte, Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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