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Welcome to Shakespeare Forever! a page dedicated to the study, appreciation, and general worship of William Shakespeare, sometimes called The Bard of Avon. This page was created by a genuine Bardophile and Bardolater mainly to keep the flame of Shakespeare alive, but also to aid the identification, education, and "conversion of Bardophiles, and also as a place for Bardolaters to meet, chat, revere, and symptahize. Here you will find links to the best Shakespeare pages on the web, whether for reasearch, conversation, or amusement. Welcome, good gentles all, and enjoy your stay.
    But what, you may be asking, is a Bardophile? A Bardolater? What is going on? A Bardophile, is, quite simply, someone who loves Shakespeare, just as a Bardophobe is someone who hates Shakespeare (If you are the latter, get thee gone, foul knave!) But a Bardolater goes beyond the simple love of Shakespeare. A Bardolater is someone who has true adoration, bordering on idolatry, of the famous playwright. There are more Bardolaters out there than you might think, and they come in a all shapes, sizes, ages, and nationalities, linked by the common trait of a love, sometimes in extreme cases bordering on obsession, with Shakespeare.
    So now the burning question for you is: Am I a Bardophile? Or even a Bardolater, one of the chosen ones? Have no fear. Our handy-dandy Bardolatry quiz will tell you exactly how much you love--or *gasp* hate--William Shakespeare.

1. How many Shakespeare plays or movies have you seen? a) Uhhh...I might have seen one in highschool, but I slept through it. b) I've seen several. They were great. c)I've seen countless productions. It's one of my pastimes.

2. Do you know any Shakespearean passages besides "To be or not to be," and "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" a) Ummm...wasn't there something like "Double, double, fry and bubble?" b) Yes, I know a few select passages from some of my favorite plays. c) Would you like me to recite the first act of The Tempest or the final scene from Much Ado About Nothing? Or should I just do all of Hamlet?

3. How many plays did Shakespeare write? How many can you list? a) He wrote too much. Waaay too much. Uh, Hamlet,   uhhh....Macdeath? Wait, there was that one about the lovers who die with Leonardo diCaprio...b)Let's see. Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear--there's about 20 other ones, but I can't remember them all. Those are my favorites. c) Shakespeare wrote 36 plays and 116 sonnets. Would you like me to recite them in alphabetical or chronological order?

4. Finish this quote: "All the world's a stage..." a) ummmm...b) "and all the men and women merely players." c) "and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man, in his time, plays many parts, the acts being seven ages. First, infant, mewling and puking in his nurse's arms. Nex,t schoolboy, with sachel and shining morning face creeping like snail unwillingly to school....."

5. Where and when did Shakespeare live? a) a long, long time ago...like a thousand years or something....b) in Elizabethan Age in England c) He was born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, and died there on his birthday in 1616.

To find your score: give yourself 0 points for each a, 1 point for each b, and 2 points for each c.

0-There's no hope for your. 1-4 You like Shakespeare, but it isn't anything major. 5-6 You're a junior Bardophile. Keep at it! 7-9 You are a true Bardophile! 10 Congratulations! You are a genuine Bardolater!.Welcome!

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