professorfangirl: “I come to answer thy best pleasure…” Ben...
professorfangirl:“I come to answer thy best pleasure…”Ben Whishaw as Ariel in Julie Taymor’s Tempest. (The best Tempest ever. Three words: Helen Fucking Mirren.)
View ArticleShakespeare's Insult of the Week
“Would the fountain of your mind were clear again, that I might water an ass at it.”— Troilus and Cressida
View ArticleRory Kinnear (Angelo), Anna Maxwell Martin (Isabella), Ben Miles...
Rory Kinnear (Angelo), Anna Maxwell Martin (Isabella), Ben Miles (Duke of Vienna) and other cast members in Almeida Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, 2010.
View Article"A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep;...
“A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleep; careless, reckless, and fearless of what’s past, present, or to come; insensible of mortality, and desperately mortal.” -...
View ArticleRory Kinnear (Angelo) in rehearsals for Shakespeare’s...
Rory Kinnear (Angelo) in rehearsals for Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure with the Almeida Theatre, 2010.
View Article"He was ever precise in promise-keeping."
“He was ever precise in promise-keeping.” - Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (1.2.69)Lucio, speaking of Claudio
View ArticleRomeo and Juliet. The Tomb Scene, Joseph Wright (1790)
Romeo and Juliet. The Tomb Scene, Joseph Wright (1790)
View ArticleIan McKellen as Hamlet (1971)
I am not a model the camera went off by itselfIan McKellen as Hamlet (1971)
View ArticleSir Ian McKellen as Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the 1971...
Sir Ian McKellen as Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the 1971 Nottingham Playhouse UK/European Tour.
View Article"What’s more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time, As calling...
“What’s more to do, Which would be planted newly with the time, As calling home our exiled friends abroad That fled the snares of watchful tyranny; Producing forth the cruel ministers Of this dead...
View ArticleIan McKellen with director Robert Chetwyn backstage, during...
Ian McKellen with director Robert Chetwyn backstage, during their tour of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Rome, 25 May 1971 (Ian’s birthday)
View ArticleIan McKellen analyzes “Tomorrow and tomorrow and...
Ian McKellen analyzes “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” from Macbeth as part of an in-studio master class with the Royal Shakespeare Company, 1979.
View Article"Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in...
“Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off;...
View ArticleWait wait wait. The John Simm?? UH, yeah. He just favorited one...
Wait wait wait. The John Simm?? UH, yeah. He just favorited one of my (@alwaysiambic) tweets. AHH.
View Articlenevermindthecamera replied to your photo: Wait wait wait. The John Simm?? UH,...
nevermindthecamera replied to your photo: Wait wait wait. The John Simm?? UH, yeah. He just…holy crapI KNOW. Rachel, AH!im-so-witte replied to your photo: Wait wait wait. The John Simm?? UH, yeah. He...
View Articlesnitchingmoments: this makes me smile so much. love this...
snitchingmoments:this makes me smile so much. love this scene.
View ArticleJohn Simm in rehearsals as Hamlet for the Sheffield...
John Simm in rehearsals as Hamlet for the Sheffield Crucible’s production of Shakespeare’s play (2010).(In honor of his favoriting my tweet and following us (@alwaysiambic) on twitter, apparently....
View Article"He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance into...
“He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his.” - Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2 (2.1.166-168) Mistress Quickly speaking of Falstaff to the Lord Chief...
View ArticleStatue of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Bancroft Gardens,...
Statue of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.(Photo: Martin Hartland)
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