Shakespeare in the Quarantine

My sister sent this little cartoon to me a few weeks ago, and I love it so much. 

We finished showing the Henry IV-V triology to the boys this past weekend (The Hollow Crown, series 1.  Go right this instant and watch it if you haven't yet.  I'll wait...) It was so much fun to not only go on the journey of Prince Hal once again, but to share it with the boys.  They've read the stories in our Usborne books, and have a lot of history under their belts, so they were able to situate the plays and follow the plot.  It just so happens that Piglet is studying this period of history in school this year anyway, so that was an added bonus (they are currently up to the Wars of the Roses).

One of the best things I ever heard said about Shakespeare was by Ewan McGregor, who spoke about preparing to play the lead in As You Like It in drama school.  He said he was intimidated by playing Shakespeare, and initially couldn't get past the idea that he had no right to be on stage doing it.

McGregor (26:11): "But then, something happened in the second or third week of rehearsal, something just went...[plock], it just tasted so good in my mouth, the words." 

Yes, exactly.  Delicious.