alwaysiambic: So, I was explaining Sonnet Sunday to my sister*...
alwaysiambic:So, I was explaining Sonnet Sunday to my sister* today, asking her if it should be called “Sunday’s Sonnet” or “Sonnet Sunday”. Her response was “No no, you should call it Sonnet Sundae,...
View Articlealwaysiambic: David Tennant as Berowne in Love’s Labour’s...
alwaysiambic:David Tennant as Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost (2008)
View Articlealwaysiambic: Patrick Stewart as Launce, with his dog Crab,...
alwaysiambic:Patrick Stewart as Launce, with his dog Crab, during rehearsals for Robin Phillips’ production of ‘Two Gentlemen Of Verona’ for the Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 15th September 1970.
View Articlealwaysiambic: Patrick Stewart and Ian Hogg in Trevor Nunn’s...
alwaysiambic:Patrick Stewart and Ian Hogg in Trevor Nunn’s production of Coriolanus (1972)
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alwaysiambic:“Villain, I have done thy mother.”— Titus Andronicus
View Article"Nought’s had, all’s spent Where our desire is got without content. ‘Tis...
“Nought’s had, all’s spent Where our desire is got without content.‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.” - Macbeth (3.2.6-9)Lady Macbeth(via alwaysiambic)
View Articlealwaysiambic: Ian McKellen in the 1976 RSC production of...
alwaysiambic:Ian McKellen in the 1976 RSC production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.
View Article"Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar...
“Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end: For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, ‘tis not long...
View Articlealwaysiambic: Dramatic Squirrel cries God for Harry, England...
alwaysiambic:Dramatic Squirrel cries God for Harry, England and Saint George!
View Articlealwaysiambic: dipthatpen: More death scenes, a continuation of...
alwaysiambic:dipthatpen:More death scenes, a continuation of this series. Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, and Antigonus (of “Exit pursued by a bear” fame). Everything I see by dipthatpen is amazing.
View Article"The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what we feel, not what we...
“The weight of this sad time we must obey; Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.” - The last lines of...
View ArticleShakespeare's Insult of the Week
alwaysiambic:“When there is nothing living but thee, thou shalt be welcome.”— Timon of Athens
View Articlealwaysiambic: Ralph Fiennes as Berowne in Shakespeare’s Love’s...
alwaysiambic:Ralph Fiennes as Berowne in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost. (1991)
View Articlealwaysiambic: A young Ian McKellen as Shakespeare’s Richard...
alwaysiambic:A young Ian McKellen as Shakespeare’s Richard II, 1968.
View Articlealwaysiambic: Beatrice and Benedick argue in Kenneth Branagh’s...
alwaysiambic:Beatrice and Benedick argue in Kenneth Branagh’s “Much Ado About Nothing” starring himself as Benedick and Emma Thompson as Beatrice.
View Articlealwaysiambic: dipthatpen: Some of the more famous...
alwaysiambic:dipthatpen: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
View Articlealwaysiambic: 19 year old Helen Mirren as Cleopatra in...
alwaysiambic:19 year old Helen Mirren as Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, 1966.
View Articlealwaysiambic: Juliet by Thomas Francis “Frank” Dicksee...
alwaysiambic:Juliet by Thomas Francis “Frank” Dicksee (1877)“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightLike a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear;Beauty too rich...
View Articlealwaysiambic: Shakespeare Cats by Susan Herbert Possibly the...
alwaysiambic:Shakespeare Cats by Susan HerbertPossibly the funniest and weirdest thing I’ve seen all day.
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