Thank you so much for making these plays! They help me so much because I am gonna have a lot of tests about the plays and you make it easier for me to understand. You make the characters so nicely and the way you explain the plays makes me really happy. SUBSCRIBED!
Thank you so much for these! They are beautifully done; your artwork is absolutely magnificent and I have no idea how you are able to write in depth summaries over such dense plays in only a few minutes! Brilliant! Can't wait to see what comes next
You are so welcome! I did my masters in Shakespeare and performance, and so I really love these plays, and thought I'd make some little videos to try to do my bit to add value to the internet. :) Although getting this particular play down to 5 minutes was especially challenging. So many characters! But I'm glad to have it up!
Thank you for this straight forward summary of this confusing plot. We’re going to see Richard III at the Utah Shakespeare Festival next week. I’d never be able to keep all the characters straight without help.
The histories are especially hard (and as you can see from the comments, I made a few mistakes myself) but a good production will help you follow the plot. :) Thanks for watching!
I don't watch these videos because I'm studying for a class, I watch them because at 23 I've recently discovered how rich and transforming Shakespeare's works are! Whenever I have time to myself now I can just escape into another time and place. For the parts I struggle to understand your videos have been hugely helpful and I don't think you realise the impact you are having in allowing Shakespeare to become accessible to all sorts of people today. Thank you. I'd love it if you could do a video for Julius Caesar sometime!
Wow. Thank you so much, and I'm so glad you're getting to enjoy Shakespeare's plays. I've been meaning to do a Caesar video. And Merchant-- hopefully they will happen before too long.
That sword fight! Yay! Many yays! Welcome back! This is so good & you do it so well. Perhaps you're a long lost descendant of WShakespeare. The Hollow Crown with B Cumberbatch as R3 was on television -- this is just as good. Maybe I'm a little bit excited ...
I'm so glad to have got it finished. I had written the script in December and meant to have this posted way back in January, but then the semester started and I got mowed under. I loved the Cumberbatch version! So good. Thanks for sharing your excitement. :)
Just in case maybe someday you somehow have time for another, perhaps Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives, or Julius C/Antony&Cleo? I'd suggest Taming of the Shrew, but only in a feminist, satirical version which, (as I tell myself over & over again late at night while falling asleep) is what Will intended. :o)
I think Julius Caesar is another one I'd like to tackle this summer. There seems to be some rampant confusion about the plot of this play over the internet recently, and I'd love to have a simple summary I can point people to. I'm also considering Measure for Measure. :)
Thank you for this summary! It is difficult to follow the family tree. but....I have a question... Are Prince Edward and Young York Lady Anne's children?
This is really helpful. The thing I don't understand is how marrying Anne near the beginning of the story helps Richard in his scheming and plotting. Why did he want to marry her? (clearly not love)
From an acting student trying to understand Shakespeare better, thank you so much! 🙏
This play is so complicated. Thanks for helping me remember who's who!
Absolutely! Glad you're grappling with it!
Thank you so much for making these plays! They help me so much because I am gonna have a lot of tests about the plays and you make it easier for me to understand. You make the characters so nicely and the way you explain the plays makes me really happy. SUBSCRIBED!
I'm so glad. And you're welcome!
I love this! Thank you so much for saving me from reading Wikipedia's long synopsis. You have earned a subscriber in me!
Wikipedia synopsis is really not the best way to experience Shakespeare. Glad to help!
Thank you so much for these! They are beautifully done; your artwork is absolutely magnificent and I have no idea how you are able to write in depth summaries over such dense plays in only a few minutes! Brilliant! Can't wait to see what comes next
You are so welcome! I did my masters in Shakespeare and performance, and so I really love these plays, and thought I'd make some little videos to try to do my bit to add value to the internet. :) Although getting this particular play down to 5 minutes was especially challenging. So many characters! But I'm glad to have it up!
That escalated quickly
Amogus
This is so great! Good job!
Thanks!
Thank you for this straight forward summary of this confusing plot. We’re going to see Richard III at the Utah Shakespeare Festival next week. I’d never be able to keep all the characters straight without help.
The histories are especially hard (and as you can see from the comments, I made a few mistakes myself) but a good production will help you follow the plot. :) Thanks for watching!
I don't watch these videos because I'm studying for a class, I watch them because at 23 I've recently discovered how rich and transforming Shakespeare's works are! Whenever I have time to myself now I can just escape into another time and place. For the parts I struggle to understand your videos have been hugely helpful and I don't think you realise the impact you are having in allowing Shakespeare to become accessible to all sorts of people today. Thank you. I'd love it if you could do a video for Julius Caesar sometime!
Wow. Thank you so much, and I'm so glad you're getting to enjoy Shakespeare's plays. I've been meaning to do a Caesar video. And Merchant-- hopefully they will happen before too long.
BooksandQuestions that's very good of you indeed 😃 I'll be sure to recommend your channel to friends.
Well, thank you! So glad you enjoy them. :)
You're an ABSOLUTE GEM for creating this. Thank you. :D
You're so welcome.
great work❤
I understand it now! Your drawings are so well-done and your summary is concise and clear. This play just got a whole lot easier to understand.
Aw, thank you! I'm so glad it was helpful.
The acting is so real!
Thank you very much!!!
You're so welcome.
FUCKKKK I NEED THIS IN FRENCH, BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY
you're welcome! good luck studying!
These are awesome videos!! For me, whos not great at Shakespeare, I find these super helpful. Thank you!
oh, thank you! I'm so glad they're helpful.
This was so so HELPFUL! THANK YOUUUUUU!!!!!
This is so good!!
Thanks!
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Thanks so much!
great job!!!
Thank you!
THANK YOU
you're welcome!
That sword fight! Yay! Many yays! Welcome back! This is so good & you do it so well. Perhaps you're a long lost descendant of WShakespeare. The Hollow Crown with B Cumberbatch as R3 was on television -- this is just as good. Maybe I'm a little bit excited ...
I'm so glad to have got it finished. I had written the script in December and meant to have this posted way back in January, but then the semester started and I got mowed under. I loved the Cumberbatch version! So good. Thanks for sharing your excitement. :)
Just in case maybe someday you somehow have time for another, perhaps Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives, or Julius C/Antony&Cleo? I'd suggest Taming of the Shrew, but only in a feminist, satirical version which, (as I tell myself over & over again late at night while falling asleep) is what Will intended. :o)
I think Julius Caesar is another one I'd like to tackle this summer. There seems to be some rampant confusion about the plot of this play over the internet recently, and I'd love to have a simple summary I can point people to. I'm also considering Measure for Measure. :)
That would be good -- I forgot about that one!
Thank you for this summary! It is difficult to follow the family tree.
but....I have a question... Are Prince Edward and Young York Lady Anne's children?
To my knowledge, Lady Anne has no kids from either of her marriages. Here's a chart: robertspage.com/shakhist.html
This is really helpful. The thing I don't understand is how marrying Anne near the beginning of the story helps Richard in his scheming and plotting. Why did he want to marry her? (clearly not love)
I find it a little mystifying myself.
very nice, really liked them but you spoke kinda fast.
I'm sorry it went too fast! I try to keep the videos short, but you're always welcome to adjust the speed to watch it slower!
Can you do one on Macbeth please
Here you go! ruclips.net/video/hYU0tcJ3ypk/видео.html
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