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The story of The Three Stooges began in 1922 with Ted Healy, Moe Howard and Samuel “Shemp” Howard. From a young age, Moe Howard desired to go about the career of acting. He started in smaller positions, taking most anything, such as performing in Shakespearean plays. However, nothing for Moe stuck or became massively successful. That was until he re-encountered a long-time friend, and now Vaudeville entertainer, Ted Healy, at the Brooklyn Prospect Theatre. Healy needed a…

How does a play about a bastard, orphan, son of a whore go on and on grow into more of a phenomenon? Lin Manuel Miranda changed Broadway in 2015 with his musical Hamilton. Inspired by a biography by Ron Chernow about the life of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda went to work on what might be the most influential musical of the decade. Miranda, in creating his work, had to work through the constraints, find the exigence, and establish the audience for writing a Broadway musical while also making it…

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. These inspirational yet mysterious words were spoken by a very famous person. Shakespeare. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/williamsha164317.html#WxbKe7FVZjWYWODk.99 Shakespeare, the bard himself. It is hard to imagine how the English language would have evolved without him. Some of the best loved plays, books, sonnets, poems, and phrases ever were created by this one man. Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and…

A renaissance man is defined as “a person with many talents or areas of knowledge.” (Defining the “Renaissance Man”) There have been many throughout history. One of the most famous people in literature, Shakespeare, could be considered an ideal renaissance man. As I learned more about Shakespeare, I wondered how others portrayed him. Was he considered a renaissance man? What exactly is a renaissance man? As I learned the definition of a renaissance man, I concluded that Shakespeare was indeed a…

An Influence Never Forgotten Regardless of age or ethnicity, at some point during life, most people read and even quote Shakespeare. Through his writing, Shakespeare shaped many areas of modern life including speech, future writers, and standards of entertainment. His impacted the English language tremendously, coining many common phrases which people use in everyday language. In addition to this huge contribution on languages, Shakespeare created a well known style of sonnet which many poets…

Shakespeare, one of the most recognizable authors today, has greatly contributed to literary history. Many people swear by books such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Others believe his stories, written over 400 years ago, have no relevance to today. Middle and high school teachers have taught Shakespeare’s works for decades. People of all different ages know at least a few Shakespeare references, such as the famous quote “to be, or not to be”. Teaching Shakespeare in high schools has become an…

Shakespeare's Rough Draft At Stratford-upon-Avon in April,1564 a little child was born and he was to be forever remembered as “Shakespeare the world's greatest playwright.” He began going to school for free at Stratford in 1571, six years later his father took him out of school and made him a local butcher’s apprentice. Shakespeare fell in love with a girl named Anne Hathaway a few years later and married her in 1582, they had their first child in 1583 and her name was Susanna. Two years…

London (“National”, pars. 2 and 8). Even though nobody knows much about Shakespeare's childhood and approximately 20 years of his life is a mystery, he will always be an open book. Born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, William Shakespeare was an incredible poet and playwright. He was the third born child with two older sisters and three younger brothers. He was baptized not but three days later at Holy Trinity Church. Many scholars…

Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford, England. No birth records exists. People believed he was born on or near April 23, 1564. This is the date scholars acknowledged as his date of birth. Shakespeare is the third child of John Shakespeare, a leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a local banded heiress. He has two older sisters, Joan and Judith, and three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund. Scholars have claimed that he most likely attended the King’s New School in…

William Shakespeare Interview With Ghost Me - Hello Mr. Shakespeare, the first question i would like to ask is what are the basic factors that made you who you are? Mr. Shakespeare - Geoffrey Chaucer made me want to become a writer, he was my inspiration for a long time when i was young. Some of the plays that i created were based on his poems and his perspective and how he saw things.. Another factor that made me who i am is that i loved plays and acting in them. Me - Alright, my second…