Shakespeare Brunch

Week Fourteen: Whom You Have Condemn'd

Apr 09, 2023

Happy Sunday! Welcome to our weekly celebration of coffee, food, Shakespeare and song. Add your own pot-luck dish by recording and sharing a favorite piece of Shakespeare or Sunday song … and we’ll pair it with a brunchy dish and cup of Joe.

A Year in the Deep Freeze

Freezing coffee has been part of the specialty barista’s arsenal for some time now.
Ever since we discovered the benefits of grinding coffee from frozen, we’ve been keen advocates of vacuum-sealing small amounts of roasted coffee, so that you can keep that rare and expensive microlot on ice, and always …

Henry VI (Part One) - Act V - Scene IV

Joan la Pucelle

First, let me tell you whom you have condemn'd:
Not me begotten of a shepherd swain,
But issued from the progeny of kings;
Virtuous and holy; chosen from above,
By inspiration of celestial grace,
To work exceeding miracles on earth.
I never had to do with wicked spirits:
But you, that are polluted with your lusts,
Stain'd with the guiltless blood of innocents,
Corrupt and tainted with a thousand vices,
Because you want the grace that others have,
You judge it straight a thing impossible
To compass wonders but by help of devils.
No, misconceived! Joan of Arc hath been
A virgin from her tender infancy,
Chaste and immaculate in very thought;
Whose maiden blood, thus rigorously effused,
Will cry for vengeance at the gates of heaven.