Sean Bean as Romeo and Niamh Cusack as Juliet in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1986 production of Romeo and Juliet.
Photo by Joe Cocks
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Sean Bean as Romeo and Niamh Cusack as Juliet in the Royal...
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A Bit of Shakespeare Trivia
The first words of Romeo and Juliet are in the form of a sonnet. This prologue reveals the ending to...
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"Men’s judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after..."
“Men’s judgments are
A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward
Do draw the inward quality...
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Jude Law as Hamlet on Broadway (2009)
Jude Law as Hamlet on Broadway (2009)
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Sir John Gielgud reads Shakespeare’s Sonnet...
Sir John Gielgud reads Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30.
“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past…”
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dipthatpen: Some of the more famous...
Some of the more famous mortal-coil-shuffling-offings from Shakespeare. I made some of these a while ago, but a couple are new.
These are really cool
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"Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe..."
“Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to...
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jenniferclawrence: Richard II perfection
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Bad Shakespeare Friday
Although I have the greatest respect for Daniel Day-Lewis as an actor, he had a very bad experience...
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Shakespeare Cats by Susan Herbert Possibly the funniest and...
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"Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the..."
“Were such things here as we do speak about?
Or have we eaten on the insane root
That takes...
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thegeekyblonde: renkris: pbab: Richard E. Grant, as Hamlet,...
pbab:
Richard E. Grant, as Hamlet, performs the famous Act III.1 soliloquy.
…as a dance mix.
Your reminder that this is a thing that happened.
BRILLIANT
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O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven...
O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention; A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, and monarchs to behold the swelling scene…
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nevver: Uh oh
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shakespearean: If Richard is Haddock, then is Aumerle Tintin?...
If Richard is Haddock, then is Aumerle Tintin? The possibilities! #ohtheaufanficRichard II, King of Pop
… thanks to my bizarrely associative brain and a certain familiar strain in Ben Whishaw’s performance, to whom I do a double disservice by making him look like Captain Haddock. I’m sorry! I liked the show overall, though that may be hard to tell.
ETA: Fixed his headpiece as the inaccuracy was bothering me and being turned down over his face is more ‘in-character.’
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jetgirl78: BENEDICK: A miracle! here’s our own hands against...
BENEDICK: A miracle! here’s our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee; but, by this light, I take thee for pity.
BEATRICE: I would not deny you; but, by this good day, I yield upon great persuasion; and partly to save your life, for I was told you were in a consumption.
BENEDICK: Peace! I will stop your mouth.
— Much Ado About Nothing
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"He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided..."
“He is the half part of a blessed man,
Left to be finished by such as she;
And she a fair...
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Emrys James (King John) and Ian McKellen (Philip the Bastard) in...
Emrys James (King John) and Ian McKellen (Philip the Bastard) in Shakespeare’s The Life and Death of King John. (1975)
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“Something’s Rotten in the state of Denmark, and...
“Something’s Rotten in the state of Denmark, and Schwarzenegger is taking out the trash.”
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"I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen Upon a parchment, and against this fire Do I shrink up."
“I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen
Upon a parchment, and against this fire
Do I shrink...
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