tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020650242047707795.post3284946047355563301..comments2022-05-21T08:51:02.755+02:00Comments on Lara Kirsten: Shakespeare in the nudelara kirstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972067646459821680noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020650242047707795.post-30505134969809073482021-08-12T09:52:17.980+02:002021-08-12T09:52:17.980+02:00This is a stunning re-imagining of Shakespeare'...This is a stunning re-imagining of Shakespeare's sonnet, so cleverly reflecting the Shakespearian word play. Clothes were an important trope in Shakespeare's great plays, but especially in Lear, in which the innocuous sounding line "Robes and furred gowns hide all" carries a grat ddeal of weight, as also the core image of man as the "bare forked animal". Separately, but on the theme of clothes, I love this little piece of nothing from Herrick: "Whenas in silks my Julia goes/Then, then methinks/How sweetly flows/The liquefaction of her clothes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922560228560877298noreply@blogger.com