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Franco Zeffirelli talks to Judi Dench during rehearsal for his...
Franco Zeffirelli talks to Judi Dench during rehearsal for his production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1960.
View Article"When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy, over the dale, Why, then...
“When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy, over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o’ the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter’s pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With...
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My lord, he speaks most vilely of you, like a foul-mouthed man...
My lord, he speaks most vilely of you, like a foul-mouthed man as he is; and said he would cudgel you!
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hard-sophoclean-light: Tinsel print Mr Kean as Richard and Mr...
hard-sophoclean-light:Tinsel print Mr Kean as Richard and Mr Cooper as Richmond in Act V, Scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Richard III. England, mid 19th centuryVictoria & Albert MuseumI can’t decide which...
View Articleeveryday-deeds: The opening prologue to Kenneth Branagh’s Henry...
everyday-deeds:The opening prologue to Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V- undoubtedly the coolest opening for a play-to-film adaption in existence.
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I think I am more proud of ‘The Hollow Crown’, sorry Tim, than...
I think I am more proud of ‘The Hollow Crown’, sorry Tim, than anything I’ve ever done. It’s a great honour to be Hulk-smashed but, really, Henry V is where it’s at. It kinda cost me real blood, and...
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renkris: magentawombat: celestialmazer: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A...
renkris:magentawombat:celestialmazer:THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DRESSRestored dress as worn by Ellen Terry in her 1888 portayal of Lady Macbeth.“When Ellen starred alongside Henry Irving in Macbeth in 1888,...
View ArticleAlways Iambic is still with you!
I know it’s been quiet lately, but fear not, followers! Since Amy has been busy with LIFE (very important stuff, you know), I’ve decided to pick up the slack and post in her absence!My posts may not be...
View ArticleO, that this too too solid flesh would meltThaw and resolve itself into a...
O, that this too too solid flesh would meltThaw and resolve itself into a dew!Or that the Everlasting had not fix’dHis canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!How weary, stale, flat and...
View ArticleDid Shakespeare's Death Go Unnoticed?
Shakespeare was a famous and respected dramatist at the time of his death. Why was so little attention paid to his passing?Shakespeare was indeed a man of fame and wealth for many years before his...
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Sonnet Sunday
Sonnet 3Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest Now is the time that face should form another; Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest, Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some...
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Need to have a good cry while reading Romeo and Juliet?Check out...
Need to have a good cry while reading Romeo and Juliet?Check out this tissue box cover of the Bard himself!Now Shakespeare can give you a tissue personally, like a beyond the grave apology for making...
View Article10 Things You Didn't Know About William Shakespeare
10 Things You Didn't Know About William Shakespeare: Well, Always Iambic readers may already know these things, but it’s always fun to find out, and to share new information with others!
View ArticleShakespeare's Insult of the Week
“To say nothing, to do nothing, to know nothing, and to have nothing, is to be a great part of your title which is within a very little of nothing.”— All’s Well That Ends Well (Act II, scene iv)
View ArticleSome fun footage of the Hamlet Encores from The Complete Works...
Some fun footage of the Hamlet Encores from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Filmed at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Agoura, CA, in 1987.
View ArticleYou are three men of sin, whom Destiny,That hath to instrument this lower...
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny,That hath to instrument this lower worldAnd what is in’t, the never-surfeited seaHath caused to belch up you; and on this islandWhere man doth not inhabit; you...
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apropos-paganda: There was a whole Shakespeare exhibit at the...
apropos-paganda:There was a whole Shakespeare exhibit at the Salvador Dali museum and it was spectacular
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shakespearean: A young Patrick Stewart as Oberon in A Midsummer...
shakespearean:A young Patrick Stewart as Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. (1977-78)
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