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Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks
Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks: The Shakespeare Notebooks | Justin Richards
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Many people know about William Shakespeare's famous encounter with the Doctor at the Globe Theatre in 1599. But what few people know (though many have suspected) is that it was not the first time they met. Drawn from recently discovered archives, The Shakespeare Notebooks is the holy grail for Bard scholars: conclusive proof that the Doctor not only appeared throughout Shakespeare's life but also had a significant impact on his writing. In these pages you'll find early drafts of scenes and notes for characters that never appeared in the plays; discarded lines of dialogue and sonnets; never-before-seen journal entries; and much more. From the original notes for Hamlet (with a very different appearance by the ghost) and revealing early versions of the faeries of A Midsummer Night's Dream to strange stage directions revised to remove references to a mysterious blue box, The Shakespeare Notebooks is an astonishing document that offers a unique insight into the mind of one of history's most respected and admired figures. And also, of course, William Shakespeare.
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julesG Stacking this for the young Whovian 4mo
Eggs Perfect🩶🩶🩶 4mo
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GingerAntics
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Mehso-so

I liked how the included the doctor into Shakespeare, but I also felt like it was rather rambling in places (and not in the fun way the Doctor rambles, either). It just went on way too long. The best bit is the short story at the very end about Shakespeare‘s bed. I think this book would have been better as short stories about the doctor and Shakespeare as opposed to what it is (sort of that, but mostly rewritten Shakespeare plays).

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GingerAntics
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I love the little details they‘ve added to this. This book is way more fun now that I‘ve read so many of his plays.
#doctorwho #shakespeare #theshakespearsnotebooks #twelfthnight

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GingerAntics
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GERONIMO IACHIMO!!! (The 11th Doctor‘s version of Allons-y Alonzo. lol)
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This would have been a fun little twist to this play for #Shakespearereadalong. The Doctor telling off Iachamo and then being teased by him.
#eleventhdoctor #davidtennant #TheShakespeareNotebooks #doctorwho #shakespeare #cymbeline

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GingerAntics
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Love this!!! Especially since #Cymbeline is the first play I read with #Shakespearereadalong!
#DoctorWho #Shakespeare

merelybookish 😀 Cymbeline was one of my fave reads! 5y
GingerAntics @merelybookish I really liked it, too. It‘ll be interesting to see what they‘ve done with it for this book. (edited) 5y
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GingerAntics
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My love of Shakespeare meets my love of Doctor Who!
#DoctorWho #TheShakespeareNotebooks #Shakespeare #AsYouLikeIt

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FireHeartRattlerOfStars
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Mehso-so

This was a fairly fast read. It was just ok to me, though I really love Doctor Who. I just didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the Star Wars Shakespeare book.