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The Shakespeare name project is online, though it's not open to the general public yet, just the gifted few who read this message.
The address is http://www.behindthename.com/names/bard.html
It's not yet searchable, but will be within a day or two.
A big thank-you to Selwyn and Phyllis for compiling the raw lists.
Does anyone want to do some research for me?
I am trying to confirm that the characters named Bardolph, who appear in Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor are actually the same person. I suspect that they are, since he seems to have the same cohorts, Pistol and Nym, in all four plays. However I have not read the plays, nor do I have the time to do so, and I would like some proof. Note there is also an unconnected (?) Lord Bardolph in Henry IV part 2.
The address is http://www.behindthename.com/names/bard.html
It's not yet searchable, but will be within a day or two.
A big thank-you to Selwyn and Phyllis for compiling the raw lists.
Does anyone want to do some research for me?
I am trying to confirm that the characters named Bardolph, who appear in Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor are actually the same person. I suspect that they are, since he seems to have the same cohorts, Pistol and Nym, in all four plays. However I have not read the plays, nor do I have the time to do so, and I would like some proof. Note there is also an unconnected (?) Lord Bardolph in Henry IV part 2.
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Mike
Failte romhat (you're welcome).
If there is anything else you might want, just ask (Research...Must do Research...Library closing...Must do Research... :D).
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
Failte romhat (you're welcome).
If there is anything else you might want, just ask (Research...Must do Research...Library closing...Must do Research... :D).
Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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Thanks Mike! (txt)
I am honoured.
I did however see, that something I wrote as introduction could be misunderstood:
"We have today knowledge of two lost plays (Cardenio and Love 's Labour's Won) and two other plays (Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsmen), which, along with the poetry and sonnets, were not included in the 1623 Folio, perhaps because they were collaborative works"
This makes it sound as if both the plays not in the folio along with the sonnets and poems are collaborative works. Yet, the sonnets and poems are not collaborative works. Only the plays not in the folio were collaborative works. Perhaps you should correct this passage so that it is not so easy to misunderstand.
-Selwyn
I am honoured.
I did however see, that something I wrote as introduction could be misunderstood:
"We have today knowledge of two lost plays (Cardenio and Love 's Labour's Won) and two other plays (Pericles and The Two Noble Kinsmen), which, along with the poetry and sonnets, were not included in the 1623 Folio, perhaps because they were collaborative works"
This makes it sound as if both the plays not in the folio along with the sonnets and poems are collaborative works. Yet, the sonnets and poems are not collaborative works. Only the plays not in the folio were collaborative works. Perhaps you should correct this passage so that it is not so easy to misunderstand.
-Selwyn
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Done!
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Something I find interesting is that in "As You Like It," the adventure takes place in the Forest of Arden, and that Shakespeare's mother's maiden name was Arden.
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And he honoured his father, John Shakespeare, by using the name John for more characters in his plays than any other name.
Actually, this is more likely a reflection of the fact that John was extremely popular back then, as it is now.
Actually, this is more likely a reflection of the fact that John was extremely popular back then, as it is now.
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Yes, and surpassed only by our Bard's first name. :)
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Also, if anyone can figure out the first names of the characters that are listed only by their surnames (eq Lady Northumberland) that would be appreciated.
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