tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post6478965920164182802..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Do We Really Have to Know What Shakespeare Looked Like?Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-14722524914494701642009-03-13T12:13:00.000-04:002009-03-13T12:13:00.000-04:00Thanks for the informative post. I am fascinated b...Thanks for the informative post. I am fascinated by contemporary attempts to make sense of history. Since it's impossible to objectively recreate history, we can learn a lot about what we want to believe. The plays themselves, fortunately, stand on their own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-27827030269794080972009-03-10T16:03:00.000-04:002009-03-10T16:03:00.000-04:00To follow the furor over the portrait is to witnes...To follow the furor over the portrait is to witness bardolatry at his most absurd. Except for remaining focused on the plays and poetry (and Shakespeare's cultural contexts), I cannot get too enthused about anything else pertaining to Shakespeare himself (which is almost always wildly speculative, lightly entertaining, and thoroughly unproductive).R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com