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Henry Oliver's avatar

I just read a Hamlet fact I would otherwise have included here.

Hitler used the phrase "to be or not to be" six times in Mein Kampf to "underline his all or nothing approach to what he thought was at stake for Germany in World War I." (from Richard Evans new book "Hitler's People"

Brad Skow's avatar

I can’t imagine Grant playing Shakespeare.

Henry Oliver's avatar

honestly might the be the weirdest thing I ever learned about Shakespeare...

Rafe Meager's avatar

Those fucking freud quotes.... my god. He really had it. Damn him.

Also delighted by the gender stuff in here. :)))

Henry Oliver's avatar

I'm so not a Freudian but... yeah

Kieran Garland's avatar

Bernhardt playing the first filmed Hamlet was a genuine thrill. thank you!

Henry Oliver's avatar

Haven’t seen it myself!

John's avatar

Ace. Thanks Henry. Took me back 50+ years in a flash!

Jenn Zuko's avatar

Protestant?! Uh, surely not.

Jenn Zuko's avatar

Anglicans aren’t Protestant, are they?

Jenn Zuko's avatar

Hm. Well I'm Episcopalian and I know we consider ourselves Catholic-ish. 'Catholic Lite,' as I've heard it said. The Catholic church is in the Nicene Creed, and etc. Were they maybe not considered so in Elizabethan England?

Henry Oliver's avatar

Yeah they were, to the extent that such a word/idea existed—it was very much part of the Reformation.