If Shakespeare characters were making New Year’s resolutions, what would (or should) they be? Here are a few of our favorite responses from Twitter.
Friar Laurence–Tweak those recipes for all my tinctures.
— Joseph Stephenson 🇺🇦 (@_JoeStephenson_) December 28, 2016
What Shakespeare quote sums up your New Year’s resolution?
"This above all: to thine ownself be true."
—Polonius, Hamlet https://t.co/sEdh1otwEM— Raychelle Burks (@DrRubidium) December 28, 2016
We also asked if anyone had resolutions for the coming year to see or read more Shakespeare:
#shakespeare #newyearsresolution. I need to see Henry IV parts one & two!👑 and merry wives of Windsor!
— Janet Hewitt (@yell_oohh) December 29, 2016
my #Shakespeare #NewYearsResolution is to read all of the plays in the approximate order they were written!
— Ripe Good Scholar (@RipeGoodScholar) January 2, 2017
Be patient for the Christmas special of Upstart Crow (Dec 2017). https://t.co/zV03Lmj4oC
— Dr Annette Rubery (@AnnetteRubery) December 28, 2016
Just got tix for the St. Ann's Tempest!
— Mara Novak (@NaraMovak) December 29, 2016
And, last but not least, Shakespeare New Year’s resolutions from a few of our theater partners:
PERICLES: to stay home and listen to some @PigPenTheatreCo.#NewYearsResolution https://t.co/lVEyaipiRk
— Theatre for a New Audience (@TheatreforaNewA) December 28, 2016
Henry V! We are also looking forward to Hamlet and Shrew in 2017. https://t.co/ZeYIReYCDK
— ShakespeareinDetroit (@ShakesintheD) December 28, 2016
Are you resolving to complete the Shakespeare canon in 2017? We know that Timon of Athens can sometimes be a tricky play to see onstage. Luckily, Folger Theatre is staging it in May.
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My New Year’s resolution:
“Muster your wits: stand in your own defence.” “Love’s Labour’s Lost”
Katie Watts — January 3, 2017
(Sir John Falstaff’s
New Year’s resolution)
“To resurrect and
continue My heroic life
and give enlightenment,
wisdom and joy to the poor
modern man.”
Dan Greider — January 4, 2017