The Shakespeare Journey Tag

[@RaynorReadsStuff]

Loved your take on this. Be assured I am reading art books voraciously and trying not to be distracted by the Bard 😊

[@tillysshelf]

That version of Twelfth Night with Tamsin Greig is fantastic. I'm hoping to watch it again this month. It's one of my favourites as well. Sounds like you had some great teachers getting those Shakespeare plays going every year.

[@heathergregg9975]

Oh I'm so glad you've see it also. The set was an absolute star - I'm not sure I explained it at all well. But the steps being so high and without a handrail did add an extra air of danger to the whole thing.

[@apoetreadstowrite]

Love your clever use of irony - brilliant you! (& your channel name is to die for, wish I'd thought of that!!!) Thanks for another fun video.

[@heathergregg9975]

glad you enjoyed it

[@GenreBooks23]

Yes, Theatre of Blood! And that Peter Sellars- been a while since I heard that. Sorry to distract you from the art!

[@heathergregg9975]

it was kindly meant by you - and I discovered that I can do a video much quicker than usual, when it's a one-take wonder - if I don't go off and research lots. So that was quite freeing, I enjoyed acting Shakespearean Indignation at start and end, and hope you take all the flared nostrils with a pinch of salt.

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Heather. I actually tagged you on this tag as well on Sunday. I loved hearing about your early ventures into acting in Shakespeare's plays. How wonderful! And you lived near Cawdor! I just today picked up Judy Dench's book from the library--Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent. I really enjoyed hearing all of your responses to this delightful tag.

[@heathergregg9975]

That's very kind of you, Pat! I came to the Tag ungraciously, after having put so much into 2 videos recently - but it was fun to do, and showed me again that I can occasionally record without needing much editing .... as long as I can resist the urge to research the subject which leads to B-roll etc. Am glad you enjoyed my responses, and Judy Dench's book sounds delightful. There was a fun TV prog here in the UK recently, and it turns out that she grew up with a family who loved Shakespeare, acting and were always quoting him - so I guess that helped her on her way!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@heathergregg9975 I adore Judy Dench. I’d love to see that program if it becomes available here. I think your videos are delightful! I just wanted to make sure that you knew you had been tagged by me as well. I don’t know if people always get notified…

[@heathergregg9975]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 Pat, rather strangely, it's not an automatic notification that you've been tagged - you have to go and look on your Dashboard, then comments on your videos - then click on "mentions". I was months on KZbin before realising this! So perhaps newer Booktuber people may not see they've been tagged. If you want to make sure people know directly, you have to send them individually a message on their most recent video - and then when we go to KZbin, the bell symbol lets us know there is a message waiting! So it's very easy to miss. At least that's what it looks like to me.

[@heathergregg9975]

@@BookChatWithPat8668 The Judi Dench programme is very unlikely to travel as it co-stars a star from an English TV programme, "The Repair Shop". It is called "Jay Blades and Judi Dench - the odd couple" and it's on Channel 4. There's a clip from it on youtube at kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJmTo5qvedd9n8k

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

@@heathergregg9975 I was aware of the “mentions” section, which I’m sure I discovered totally by accident. But I do also get notifications fairly frequently that another booktuber “has mentioned” me, and usually, that’s a tag. Sometimes, though, it really is that someone has “mentioned” me in a video and put my channel name in their notes. But I’m not sure that everyone I tag is getting those similar notifications. It seems hit or miss. But yes, I have discovered-purely by accident-the “mentions” section in the dashboard area. So convoluted, no?

[@booksimnotreading]

Hello! I am so glad I searched for the tag we created last year and found you! Have you read Judi Dench’s book about Shakespeare and her theater career? 💛🎭

[@heathergregg9975]

Kelly, I am about the only person on booktube not reading or listening to it! She is a joy. For the first time, I'm a co-host of a readathon, on Framed! in September, about art, so I feel I need to concentrate on that, to be fair to others. But I was tagged for this Shakespeare tag, so responded. I hope you're enjoying this year's Shaketember.