tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post3947687261886351545..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Is This a Dagger I See Before Me?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26431276465718749392008-08-28T22:28:00.000+01:002008-08-28T22:28:00.000+01:00Stuff Bill Shakespeare. I think more of "Carry on ...Stuff Bill Shakespeare. I think more of "Carry on Cleo"<BR/><BR/>"Infamy! Infamy!, they've all got it in for me"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80494322909764012272008-08-28T20:03:00.000+01:002008-08-28T20:03:00.000+01:00Iain,I'm sorry, I can't take any joy in you poster...Iain,I'm sorry, I can't take any joy in you poster's erudition. None of Shakespeare's characters should be saddled with Brown's character.<BR/>Mind you, there's one character on the Eurpean stage that has all the attributes of a wonderful Shakespearean charcacter. One man who I would like to have dinner with and while away an hour or two. One man who doesn't give a stuff about PC, spin or any other nonsense that makes our lives less than they could be.<BR/>I am of course referring to Falstaff - the only really real person Shakespeare ever wrote about.<BR/>And a dead ringer for Berlusconi, including the cowardice bit....kinglearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252474133821652670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46483627608719724832008-08-28T17:26:00.000+01:002008-08-28T17:26:00.000+01:00I couldn't have put it better myself<A HREF="http://thelakelandersview.blogspot.com/2008/07/jack-straw-gives-his-backing-to-gordon.html" REL="nofollow">I couldn't have put it better myself</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44131124412693462752008-08-28T16:05:00.000+01:002008-08-28T16:05:00.000+01:00Is this a description of Milliband, Straw, Harma...Is this a description of Milliband, Straw, Harman, Johnston, Hain, Blears,et al?<BR/>"This was the noblest of them all:<BR/>All the conspirators save only he<BR/>Did that they did in envy of great Caesar ( office);<BR/>He,only, in a general honest thought<BR/>And common good to all, made one of them.<BR/>His life was gentle, and the elements<BR/>So mixed in him that nature might stand up<BR/>And say to all the world"This was a man!"<BR/>Silly question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41960405655111277142008-08-28T14:12:00.000+01:002008-08-28T14:12:00.000+01:00'tis better playing with a lion's whelp than with ...'tis better playing with a lion's whelp than with an old one dying.<BR/><BR/>What a literary appreciative lot we are.<BR/><BR/>There's something of the young Hal about Cameron - you know, forgetting his licentious Eton chums in the face of the exigencies of impending high office.<BR/><BR/>I feel sorry for the poor Bardolphs who got expelled. <BR/><BR/>Where are they now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38167249277822914062008-08-28T12:15:00.000+01:002008-08-28T12:15:00.000+01:00Nice work Mr. Jilted .Malvolio !Brilliant if we co...Nice work Mr. Jilted .Malvolio !Brilliant if we could just persuade some focus group to recommend yellow garters and a horribly unnatural smile ...ahhhh...<BR/><BR/>....The honesty of Iago , the sheer good nature of John the Bastard , the physical beauty of Thersites , the Gravitas of Sir Andrew Aguecheek , the sweet nature of Caliban the loyalty of Gonnerill .The centrality , and longevity of Rosencratz and Gilderstein...Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52626666081766734502008-08-28T11:56:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:56:00.000+01:00the jealousy of Othello, the ambition of Macbeth a...<I>the jealousy of Othello, the ambition of Macbeth and the indecision of Hamlet......</I><BR/><BR/>and the sanity of Lear? The morals of Angelo? The looks of Caliban, the efficiency of Bottom, the powerlust of Richard III combined with the touchiness and self-delusion of Richard II, the priggish self-importance of Malvolio and King John's grasp of <I>realpolitik</I>.<BR/><BR/>Good job it was Marlowe that wrote <I>Edward II</I>. Wouldn't want to draw any similarities with that play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45088476006422622272008-08-28T11:47:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:47:00.000+01:00.... the jealousy of Othello, the ambition of Macb....... the jealousy of Othello, the ambition of Macbeth and the indecision of Hamlet......<BR/><BR/>Now who could that be ?Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33781939682366736762008-08-28T11:44:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:44:00.000+01:00Oh, if only the knife would slip!!Oh, if only the knife would slip!!Catosayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885445175868379750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16278496541014320332008-08-28T11:36:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:36:00.000+01:00Anon 11:21am "... und GEHEN JETZT " [et ALLEZ VITE...Anon 11:21am <BR/><BR/>"... und GEHEN JETZT " [et ALLEZ VITE]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65792573323647616012008-08-28T11:34:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:34:00.000+01:00Yep, bring the curtain down on the Scottish play !...Yep, bring the curtain down on the Scottish play !<BR/><BR/>Alan DouglasAlan Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071898364060640779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68808428905957387412008-08-28T11:21:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:21:00.000+01:00'stand nor on the order of thy going but GO'!!!'stand nor on the order of thy going but GO'!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6516159289277684102008-08-28T11:11:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:11:00.000+01:00When I look at Labour at the moment - and especial...When I look at Labour at the moment - and especially at Brown, the play I'm most reminded of is <I>Richard II...</I><BR/><BR/>"Must I not serve a long apprenticehood<BR/>To foreign passages, and in the end,<BR/>Having my freedom, boast of nothing else<BR/>But that I was a journeyman to grief?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58527622574664365782008-08-28T11:08:00.000+01:002008-08-28T11:08:00.000+01:00....Come to my woman's breasts,And take my milk fo.......Come to my woman's breasts,<BR/>And take my milk for gall, <B>you murdering ministers</B><BR/>Wherever in your sightless substancesYou wait on nature's mischief! ....Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.com