The Weekly Gripe

Enough of this Shakespeare rubbish
Shakespeare a load of old tosh

Romeo and Juliet - a story of a serial killer

Oh, the sheer tedium of it all and having to sit with an audience full of overblown stuck up snobs made the event almost too much to bear. Go visit the movies instead - even Titanic was better than this!



I watched a performance of Romeo and Juliet who some say is a tragedy about two star struck lovers, but that is so far from the truth in my opinion. In fact it’s more like a stupid story about a serial killer

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29-7-2008err... not being funny but the story above is nothing like the play that shakespeare wrote. It's a crap version so if you're going to diss anyone then diss the playwright. You people are really sad if this is what you do with your life... I mean who would actually make a website telling ever...morenobass_website
03-3-2008I recognise an internet troll when I see one! So, hello internet troll!Elanon
30-4-2007I much prefer Marlowe to Shockspur. His Faustus and Tamburlaine are absolute masterpieces, No monotonous monologues like that you get from the Bored. No wishy-washy, airy-fairy nonsense like Midsummer Night's Dream. No poncey plays like Romeo and Juliet. No crackpots like Hamlet or Lear. No hist...moreGlobe Trotter
30-4-2007Also, in response to Globe Trotter, Juliet was 13. The nurse states that she had not yet seen the eve of her 14th Lammastide (Juliet's birthday), which would make her 13.An English teacher from America
30-4-2007This is not only a very inaccurate depiction of the play's plot, but a very unthoughtful analysis of the play's purpose. I suggest studying a text and perhaps reading it in addition to watching it before you publish your thoughts online. Also, Shakespear is spelled Shakespeare.An English teacher from America
18-1-2007I think that shakespeare really isnt as bad as they say it all is, I am currently reading a midsummer night's dream and it is really good! and I really agree with the ''sad slapper''!, if you watch a midsummer night's dream then they have modernised the humor for the 21st ce...more14 yr old,.studying shakespeare
16-1-2007It wasn't written to have impact on a 21st Century audience, it was written to have impact on a 16th Century audience, and it did, you couldn't write anything that has as much impact now as shakespeare did then and for the hundreds of years that followed. You can't slag shakespeare.A Sad Slapper
18-11-2006Help. I need an academic to explain to me why didn't Hamlet automatically become king after the death of his father, and play end in Act I with everyone living happily ever after. We could all go home quite satisfied after the first intermission. I want to know how old Juliet was. Seems like ...moreGlobe Trotter
18-11-2006Do you lot really have to use student speak to show everyone how extremely intelligent you all are,in which case it hasn't worked.Shakespeare wrote his plays in the language of the day so that the comman man could understand it.Get off your high horses and appreciate the content in whatever lang...moreAnon
17-11-2006Your point being? My eyesight may not be my best attribute, but I still see the "e" on the end of Shakespeare?Nikki
17-11-2006A Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences Between Elizabethan and... By Edwin Abbott Abbott Shakespearian Modifications: (Methodical prolegomena) By Juliusz Krzyzanowski Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages Illustrative...moreCheck your facts further
17-11-2006All text books? Shakesperian Synopses By J. Walker McSpadden A Typical Shakesperian Stage: The Outer-inner Stage. The Third Chapter of a Study of the... By Victor Emanuel Albright Bah!Check your facts



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