Comdey of Errors

I finally finished the Comedy of Errors. I haven't gotten around to watching any versions of this and I don't think I will as the month is almost over. I did remember the production I was in and enjoyed replaying those scenes in my mind.
I remember hearing that Shakespeare was a punster and I don't know that I've really noticed it all that much before now. Comedy is full of puns, quite a few of which are groaners. I must also admit that I would have been oblivious of at least half of them with out the footnotes. Comedy is light, it's silly and somewhat ridiculous but there are some great scenes and verbal sparring. Not a bad place to enter Shakespeare, or begin to revisit Shakespeare.
I've been reading from my Shakespeare textbook: Riverside Shakespeare, I have the second edition. This work has all of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets and some other things besides; it also has tons of information and footnotes. It is however a beast, it's huge, thick and heavy.

The play I'm planning to read for next month is Macbeth, the Scottish play. I think I'll try to watch at least one version before I start reading. I haven't loved my encounters with Macbeth in the past, hopefully this one will be better. I have enjoyed a parody of Macbeth, Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. For versions to watch, I recently received a collection of movies which included this version with Sean Connery. There's also this more recent version with Patrick Stewart that I might also watch.
For those that are interested in reading along, this version of the play is available online.

An Adendum

Okay, so last time I posted I was all excited about the Shakespeare project and was going to be reading two plays a month. It seemed like a simple task. I'm still working on the Comedy of Errors and I've been enjoying it and I'll finish it before the month is out but I think two plays a month will not be happening. There's a lot going on, and there are a lot of things I'm putting above reading Shakespeare. Part of my problem may be that I use my textbook from my Shakespeare class, it has the complete works, detailed footnotes to help the modern reader and weighs about a ton.
At any rate I'm still getting some Shakespeare into my life and I'm glad for that. I'll hopefully have a proper write up on the Comedy soon.

Shakespeare Project

I haven't posted in ages, I've been focusing my attention on my art blog. At any rate I've recently decided to launch a new project in my life, one that I think would be good for blogging.
I've loved Shakespeare, possibly since my introduction in middle school, maybe later, but I love it. One of the best classes I took in college was a Shakespeare class. Recently I saw a pbs program on Shakespeare's plays and it made me remember how much I miss Shakespeare and could use more culture in my life. I've decided from that to read and reread Shakespeare's plays.
I've observed in the past, that I have an easier time reading a play if I've seen some rendition of it, so I will be watching at least one version of the plays I read, and then reading and writing about them. I'll be aiming to read two plays each month. I think I'll be reading The Comedy of Errors first. Feel free to read and comment along with me.