For the better part of the last decade, my life has been focused on rugby and English (teaching and studying it). While Shakespeare may or may not have been a bit of a play thief, he still basically invented the “Yo mama” joke in Timon of Athens.
Painter: “Y’are a dog.”
Apemantus: “Thy mother’s of my generation. What’s she, if I be a dog?”
Combining a love of literature with a love of rugby felt like the best possible way in which to run a blog. For the record, William Shakespeare showed classical signs of playing scrumhalf: he talked too much, insulted the wrong people, and was a little undersized.
The 2015 Denbigh Rugby Club
Scrumming with Shakespeare 