Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet in Branagh’s 1996 film...
Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet in Branagh’s 1996 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
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View ArticleJohn Gielgud as Shakespeare’s Richard II (1936)
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View Articledipthatpen: I’m seriously considering a very long-term project:...
dipthatpen:I’m seriously considering a very long-term project: making an entire illuminated Shakespeare play. By “illuminated,” I mean something like the style in the excerpts above—like, not...
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But be contented: when that fell arrestWithout all bail shall carry me away,My life hath in this line some interest,Which for memorial still with thee shall stay.When thou reviewest this, thou dost...
View Articlericksginjoint: Peter O’Toole, opening night of Hamlet at the...
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View Article"They love not poison that do poison need, Nor do I thee: though I did wish...
“They love not poison that do poison need, Nor do I thee: though I did wish him dead, I hate the murderer, love him murdered. The guilt of conscience take thou for thy labour, But neither my good word...
View Article"As for the Whishaw production, he hardly remembers it: Laertes has a...
“As for the Whishaw production, he hardly remembers it: Laertes has a two-and-a-half hour break in the show, so “I wasn’t around much”. Wasn’t he backstage? He looks sheepish: at the time, Kinnear...
View Articlemathirmanu: Enchanting sounds. From Frank Martin’s ‘Songs of...
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shakespeareishq replied to your photo: Oh so this happened this weekend…Congrats guys! And thank you for reblogging so much of my stuff!!Thank you! And duh, your stuff is awesome.
View ArticleShakespeare's Insult of the Week
“I had rather be a tick in a sheep than such a valiant ignorance.”— Troilus and Cressida
View ArticleA young Ian McKellen as Shakespeare’s Richard II, 1968.
A young Ian McKellen as Shakespeare’s Richard II, 1968.
View Article"Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” - Shakespeare’s The Tempest (2.2.44)Trinculo
View Article"He that dies pays all debts."
“He that dies pays all debts.” - Shakespeare’s The Tempest (3.2.131)Stephano
View Articleshakespearean-insults: Horrible Histories; Shakespearean...
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View Articleshakespearean-insults: Macbeth Act I, Scene 1
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View ArticleDerek Jacobi as Richard II and John Gielgud as John of Gaunt in...
Derek Jacobi as Richard II and John Gielgud as John of Gaunt in Shakespeare’s Richard II, 1978.
View Article"Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none."
“Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none.” - Shakespeare’s Hamlet (3.2.386-387)Hamlet
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