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A review by mikewomack
King Edward III: Third Series by William Shakespeare
3.0
Edward III is an odd little play that feels disjointed but definitely not bad. It has been partly attributed to William Shakespeare, perhaps as much as 50% and as either revisionist of an original script or a true co-written work. In either part, Shakespeare is part of Edward III and so I read on.
My reading and enjoyment of the play was probably aided by watching at production of it a few months back at The Shakespeare Tavern. I anticipated a performance I'd sit through in order to scratch it from my Cannon list but ended up enjoying the show. I found the same experience when I read it. The writing is okay and the story line is bumpy but it's not bad. The first third of the play doesn't seem to mesh with the later parts. The lusty Edward struggles to jive with the warrior Edward. None-the-less, I'm glad I read (and watched) the apocryphal play.
Favorite quotes:
"To die is all as common as to live / The one in choice the other holds in chase; / For from the instant we begin to live / We do pursue and hunt the time to die."
My reading and enjoyment of the play was probably aided by watching at production of it a few months back at The Shakespeare Tavern. I anticipated a performance I'd sit through in order to scratch it from my Cannon list but ended up enjoying the show. I found the same experience when I read it. The writing is okay and the story line is bumpy but it's not bad. The first third of the play doesn't seem to mesh with the later parts. The lusty Edward struggles to jive with the warrior Edward. None-the-less, I'm glad I read (and watched) the apocryphal play.
Favorite quotes:
"To die is all as common as to live / The one in choice the other holds in chase; / For from the instant we begin to live / We do pursue and hunt the time to die."