“Presume not that I am the thing I was;
For God doth know, so shall the world perceive,
That...
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"Presume not that I am the thing I was; For God doth know, so shall the world perceive, That I have..."
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"Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me, Knowing thy heart torments me with disdain, Have put on..."
“Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me,
Knowing thy heart torments me with disdain,
Have...
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"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better."
“Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.” - Twelfth Night (3.1.122)
Olivia
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Kenneth Branagh Knighted!
Kenneth Branagh Knighted!: Amongst other honorees (including Kate Winslet), Kenneth Branagh has been...
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Ian McKellen (Iago) and Imogen Stubbs (Desdemona) in RSC’s...
Ian McKellen (Iago) and Imogen Stubbs (Desdemona) in RSC’s Othello (1989)
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"Iago is an easy part to bring off and rarely fails to impress. I am not the first to realise that..."
““Iago is an easy part to bring off and rarely fails to impress. I am not the first to...
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Portia by Henry Woods (1888) “In Belmont is a lady richly...
Portia by Henry Woods (1888)
“In Belmont is a lady richly left;
And she is fair, and, fairer than that word,
Of wondrous virtues: sometimes from her eyes
I did receive fair speechless messages:
Her name is Portia …”
The Merchant of Venice (1.1.161-165)
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"So weary with disasters, tugg’d with fortune, That I would set my life on any chance, To mend it, or..."
“So weary with disasters, tugg’d with fortune,
That I would set my life on any chance,
To mend...
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buffalo-divine-eden-no7: Joker of the King Lear by ~Rezat
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John Hurt in King Lear (1983)
John Hurt in King Lear (1983)
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"True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings."
“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures...
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svetlana-del-rey: Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can...
Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm from an anointed king;
The breath of worldly men cannot depose
The deputy elected by the Lord.
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Michael Sheen as Hamlet in a 2011 production at the Young Vic.
Michael Sheen as Hamlet in a 2011 production at the Young Vic.
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"Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh."
“Now see that noble and most sovereign reason,
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and...
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Hamlet Hulk FTW
Hamlet Hulk FTW
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Richard Burton as Hamlet in 1953.
Richard Burton as Hamlet in 1953.
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"I must be cruel, only to be kind: Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind."
“I must be cruel, only to be kind:
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.” - Hamlet...
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Jonathan Pryce in 1980 as Hamlet, playing the role as possessed...
Jonathan Pryce in 1980 as Hamlet, playing the role as possessed by his father’s ghost, performing the scene (Act I, scene 5) as a monologue. It won the Olivier Award and was directed by Richard Eyre.
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