Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Gregory provides a translation of Sonnet #10. If you have any sense of shame, admit that you don't have any love in your heart for anyone, since you're so unwilling to care about yourself. I'll admit, if you like, that many people love you, but it's also obvious that you love no one. For you are so possessed with murderous hatred that you have no problem plotting against yourself, seeking to destroy the house that you should want to repair. Oh, change your way of thinking, so I can change my mind about you. Should hate have a more beautiful home than love? Be gracious and kind, like your appearance-or at least be kind-hearted to yourself. Have a child out of love for me, so your beauty will live on in your children, if not in you.
Sat, May 5, 2012
Gregory Mikell performs a monologue from Shakespeare's The Comedy Of Errors. Gregory performed the role of Antipholus of Syracuse years ago, and it remains one of his favorite comic roles to date. Shakespeare adapted The Comedy Of Error's from Plautus' The Menachmas, which was not uncommon in his time.
Tue, May 22, 2012
Gregory Mikell performs another of Shakespeare's romantic comedies in his ongoing weekly The Shakespeare Series, Twelfth Night Or What You Will. The Character of Sebastian tries to unravel the plot and sub plotting of the story that has ensued. Identity swapping and mistaken identity never gets too old. If you're a lover of classic monologues, soliloquies, bland or rhyming verse, you're bound to find something in the broad canon.
Thu, Jun 6, 2013
Gregory performs a vacillating monologue of Brutus, Marcus Junius (85-42 bc), Roman senator. With Cassius he led the conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar in 44. They were defeated by Caesar's supporters, Antony and Octavian, at the battle of Philippi in 42, after which he committed suicide.