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Mine is a far cry from Shakespeare: Dashiell. Afte...

2007-08-29T16:14:18.713-04:00

Mine is a far cry from Shakespeare: Dashiell. After Dashiell Hammett. Which means we get to call him Dash, and his cousins think he's named after the kid in The Incredibles. Both of which, I hope, will be a source of cool in later life.

My daughter's name is Katherine Delia, so if she e...

2007-08-28T20:20:49.837-04:00

My daughter's name is Katherine Delia, so if she ever gets around to asking I'll tell her that she's named after a Shrew, and the "bad" daughter in King Lear who didn't love her daddy enough :). (Actually she is named after family, lest anyone not get my joke.)

My second is Elizabeth, so that Shakespearean reference is obvious. I even tend to call her "Elizabethan" because I think it sounds cool :).

My son is Brendan. He's out of luck. Shakespeare didn't give me much to work with for male names. I was not going to get across a Fleance or Banquo or something. I made a case for "Christopher", just so that I could say it was a Marlowe reference, but I did not win that vote.

It is wonderful. My own son is only seventeen mont...

2007-08-28T19:43:46.717-04:00

It is wonderful. My own son is only seventeen months, so we're not there yet. But someday. Besides, we're Shakespeare actors - don't want to make the kid a stereo-type. It was bad enough, all the expectation that we'd name him after a Shakespeare character. My father-in-law kept suggesting Iago. Thankfully, we're not that cruel.
Now, if you'll just read to them from THE MASTER OF VERONA...

I've been reading your blog for several weeks, and...

2007-08-27T22:40:11.339-04:00

I've been reading your blog for several weeks, and I just love the stories about your children and their growing interest in Shakespeare. I was searching for something else today, and stumbled across this! Just had to share it with you.