obligatory:

I do love me some shakespeare, but often don't take enough time to read it.

I was in a 7th grade production of Romeo and Juliet. I loved the play, and still have a (not-so) secret crush on Sue Everill... the Juliet.

mk and I took a shakespeare class in high school. It consisted of learning what iambic pentameter is, and reading a lot of shakespeare out loud. I remember VERY little homework from this class - perhaps they were just happy to have kids willingly take the class. Class would begin and we would take turns reading sonnets or a play out loud in the room. After a few minutes, the teacher would leave the room and go have a smoke in the teachers smoking lounge (oh how times have changed). I distinctly remember coloring my entire hand green with a permanent marker during one of those classes.

"But soft what light through yonder window breaks..."

good times. and great posts lil. I've not yet read King Lear (I know, I know)... so maybe I will.