Christopher Welles

Christopher Welles

  • Born: 1938-3-27
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  • Extended Reading
    • Ellen 2022-07-04 10:55:36

      Life is but a walking shadow

      Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 19–28
      Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
      creeps in this petty pace from day to day
      To the last syllable of recorded time;
      And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
      the way to dusty death.
      Out, out brief candle!
      Life is but a walking shadow,
      a poor player that struts and...

    • Kailyn 2022-07-04 21:41:21

      Shakespeare's film debut

      Orson Welles begins his Shakespeare trilogy with Macbeth. "Macbeth" makes Welles rediscover that he still enjoys his freedom and his own genius in full. As Jean Cocteau said of the film - "Orson Welles' Macbeth has a raw, unruly force. His actors are in some fantastic subway tunnel. Wandering...

    Macbeth quotes

    • Witch: Macbeth! Be bold,bloody,and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man; for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.

    • Macbeth: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day; to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.