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Nora J Williams started the topic Wrap Up Thread in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoHi everybody — we did it! Thanks so much for joining in on this wacky adventure with me. It’s been such an anchor for me over the past six weeks, and I’ve learned so much from reading all of your insightful posts.
Before the reading group comes to an end, I wanted to create a space for any final thoughts: overarching themes, big questions, stuff…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act Five in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoArtesiaaaaaaa!!! I’ve mostly stepped away from acting, but that’s one role I’d kill to play someday.
Pete, your point about the consolidation of the male power even in the absence of the daughters in the romance plot made me remember the end of The Changeling (also written by Rowley), in which Alsemero ostentatiously declares to his…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams started the topic Act Five in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months ago“The child has found his father. Do you not know me?”
It’s Act Five! We’re coming to the end of this wild and wacky adventure.
I have SO MANY thoughts about this act, but I noticed for the first time, as I re-read it for today, that literally all the women are gone by the end in one way or another. Picking up on Anna’s comment from the Act 4…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act Three in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoYes, I think that’s getting at it, Dave! Identity is a very complex thing in this play (I think this speaks to some of what Ellie’s talking about in this thread and the Act 4 thread with the ambiguous beard / masculine patrilineal anxieties as well). And I think it’s significant that our “big baddie” (the Devil) is racialized whereas the Saxons…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act Four in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoSo true, Pete! That scene always makes me think about the role of improvisation for clowns, too: my sense is that we can’t assume the Clown is only interrupting Merlin with his hums as scripted? And what else might he be up to in his bid to get attention?
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act Four in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months ago🤣🤣🤣
Merlin: the original Roadrunner
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act Three in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThere’s so much great stuff happening in this thread that makes me wish these discussion boards had Facebook-stlye ‘reaction’ options 😂 I’m so glad Ellie got deep into the beard discussion and Andrew into the music!
I wanted to pick up on the Devil’s ‘frying-pan’ face and Dave’s comment about the apparently instant costume change — I’m…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams started the topic Act Four in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoWow! Act Four already!!
The fun continues with our second magic battle (prophecy battle?) and one of my favourite speeches and stage directions in all of early modern drama:
MERLIN: Hast thou such leisure to enquire my fate,
And let thine own hang careless over thee?
Knowst thou what pendelous mischief roofs thy head,
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act Three in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoOne last quick thought before I get to other work for the day: some really exciting stuff for Ellie’s work on forests and danger in this act. The Devil appears in the forest, Merlin’s “monstrous” birth happens in the forst — and yet, the Devil shows much more care to Joan than we’ve seen from any of the courtly men she’s encountered so far. All…[Read more]
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Nora J Williams replied to the topic Act Two in the discussion
The Birth of Merlin Reading Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoComing back to this thread having read Act 3 again, I’m thinking back to one of Dave’s early questions about collaboration (and his nod to the possibility that the artificial crab is either a nod to Webster or (if I’m understanding correctly?) possibly a hint that Webster was a collaborator on this play). The structure of the three plots, up to…[Read more]
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