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The head of Prince Hal by Charles Robert Leslie, c. 1851
The head of Prince Hal by Charles Robert Leslie, c. 1851
View Article"Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his...
“Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue Sounds ever after as a sullen bell, Remembered knolling a departed friend.” - William Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 2...
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Sir Ian Holm as Shakespeare’s Henry V in the Royal...
Sir Ian Holm as Shakespeare’s Henry V in the Royal Shakespeare Company production, 1964.
View Article"Virtue is of so little regard in these costermonger times that true valour...
“Virtue is of so little regard in these costermonger times that true valour is turned bear-herd: pregnancy is made a tapster, and hath his quick wit wasted in giving reckonings: all the other gifts...
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thedailytennant: remember when david and catherine took my...
thedailytennant:remember when david and catherine took my second favorite shakespeare play and made it even better than it already was?
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Behind the scenes in rehearsals with Michael Gambon (Falstaff)...
Behind the scenes in rehearsals with Michael Gambon (Falstaff) and Matthew MacFadyen (Prince Hal), in the 2005 production of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1.@mappingtg shared this with me via twitter.
View Article"I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die."
“I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.” - William Shakespeare, Richard III (5.4.12-13)
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Ian McKellen in the stage production of Richard III, 1990.
Ian McKellen in the stage production of Richard III, 1990.
View Article"So, now prosperity begins to mellow And drop into the rotten mouth of death....
“So, now prosperity begins to mellow And drop into the rotten mouth of death. Here in these confines slyly have I lurk’d, To watch the waning of mine adversaries.” - Shakespeare’s Richard III (4.4.1-4)
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berfrois: Shakespeare’s youth fell in a time when the English...
berfrois:Shakespeare’s youth fell in a time when the English people were importunate for dramatic entertainments. The court took offence easily at political allusions, and attempted to suppress them....
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dipthatpen: Study for Lady Macbeth by Gustave Moreau, ca. 1851
dipthatpen:Study for Lady Macbeth by Gustave Moreau, ca. 1851
View ArticleSonnet Sunday
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;But then begins a journey in my head, To work my mind, when body’s work’s expired:For then my thoughts, from far where...
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Alessandro Nivola (Orlando) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Rosalind) in...
Alessandro Nivola (Orlando) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Rosalind) in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, 1999.
View Article"If he be not fellow with the best king, thou shalt find the best king of...
“If he be not fellow with the best king, thou shalt find the best king of good fellows.” - Shakespeare’s Henry V (5.2.410)
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