Greetings, one and all.
The poets are on fire! We have started receiving entries for the annual poetry award we launched a couple of months ago.
Let your ink flow (or your keyboard ring)…
If you need to refresh your memory about the submission requirements, please visit our blog and follow the links to MUSPA.
He asked or she asked:
“What impossible matter will he make easy next?”
1. Lady Anne in RICHARD III.
2. Iris in THE TEMPEST.
3. Antonio in THE TEMPEST.
Quiz #101 answer: 2
He said or she said:
“Never make known what you have seen tonight.”
1. Lady Macbeth in MACBETH.
2. Hamlet in HAMLET.
3. Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET.
Quiz #100 answer: 1
He said or she said:
“Men should be what they seem.”
1. Iago in OTHELLO.
2. Portia in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
3. Captain Gower in HENRY V.
Quiz #99 answer: 3
He said or she said:
“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
1. Polonius in HAMLET.
2. Ophelia in HAMLET.
3. Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET.
Quiz #98 answer: 2
Greetings, one and all.
Musketman Shakespeare joined Instagram last month. Just as he does on this site, he will be following everyone who follows him on Instagram. See you there!
He said or she said:
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”
1. Macbeth in MACBETH.
2. King Henry in HENRY V.
3. Cleopatra in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
Quiz #97 answer: 1
He said or she said:
“Now ‘tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted.”
1. Queen Margaret in HENRY VI, PART 2.
2. Queen Isabel in HENRY V.
3. King Henry in HENRY VIII.
Quiz #96 answer: 3
Muspa (the Musketman Shakespeare Poetry Award) invites submissions for this year’s prize: $100 (Canadian) and publication in the Musketman Shakespeare blog.
SUBMISSION: One poem per entrant. Hitherto unpublished 8 to 24 lines. The name Shakespeare must appear in the poem or its title.
CONTACT: Provide your name and email address under the poem, and please send it to Muspa, 4 – 536 Third Street, London ON N5V 4R5, Canada. No entries via electronic channels.
DEADLINE: 25 October 2021. Submissions received after that date will be adjudicated for our 2022 award.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: We shall acknowledge receipt of and retain only the winning entry. The rest will be discarded. So, please, keep a copy of your poem.
PUBLICATION: 25 December 2021. The winning entry will be published in our blog and announced on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. You may follow the blog or connect with Musketman Shakespeare on any of those three platforms.
He said or she said:
“Silence is the perfectest herald of joy.”
1. Charmian in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
2. Clarence in RICHARD III.
3. Claudio in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Quiz #95 answer: 2
