Daily Archives: Wednesday: August 14, 2013

Anachronistic Joke

Posted on Wednesday: August 14, 2013 by Michael Hendry

The hero of John Webster’s Duchess of Malfi, the only decent adult other than the title character, is her steward, Antonio Bologna. With a name like that, I can’t help wondering if his middle-school classmates called him ‘Tony Baloney’.

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Shakespeare Puzzle

Posted on Wednesday: August 14, 2013 by Michael Hendry

Legal Disclaimer: There is no prize, and if there were, employees and customers of the American Shakespeare Center would not be eligible for it, since anyone who has seen the production already knows the answer. Can you identify the play … Continue reading →

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Too Bad About the Gender

Posted on Wednesday: August 14, 2013 by Michael Hendry

I love puns, even (or especially) the unintentional and bilingual kind. Browsing Cicero’s Verrines recently, I was very glad to run across a ‘most experienced and hardworking ploughman’ (experientissimus ac diligentissimus arator) named ‘Nympho’ (2.3.53-54).

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