Falstaff, painting by Eduard von Grützner, 1919. “But to...
Falstaff, painting by Eduard von Grützner, 1919. “But to say I know more harm in him than in myself,were to say more than I know. That he is old, themore the pity, his white hairs do witness it;...
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“A speaker is but a prater; a rhyme is but a ballad. A good leg will fall; a straight back...
View Articleshakespeareishq: “Lady Beatrice, have you wept all this while?”...
shakespeareishq: “Lady Beatrice, have you wept all this while?” from Much Ado About Nothing. Featuring Kenneth Branagh as Benedick and Emma Thompson as Beatrice.
View ArticleCan you pick the Shakespearean title characters that do not survive their plays?
Can you pick the Shakespearean title characters that do not survive their plays?
View ArticleHello! In the sonnet you posted last Sonnet Sunday (Sonnet 111), there was...
Hello! In the sonnet you posted last Sonnet Sunday (Sonnet 111), there was the word ‘eisel’. Do you...
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renkris: Jeremy Brett - Hamlet by ~DarkSaxeBleu
View ArticlePrince Hal at his father’s bedside from The Hollow Crown:...
Prince Hal at his father’s bedside from The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 2
View Article"I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am, by seeming otherwise."
“I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am, by seeming otherwise.” -...
View Article"Every time Tom Hiddleston laughs, Shakespeare’s ghost rises up and...
“Every time Tom Hiddleston laughs, Shakespeare’s ghost rises up and bitchslaps Stephanie...
View ArticleIan Holm as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
Ian Holm as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
View Article"Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their...
“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals...
View Articlestrangeandoff-putting: Now this is what I call a pocket book....
strangeandoff-putting: Now this is what I call a pocket book. (Bought from here.)
View Article"Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion,...
“Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized...
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shredsandpatches: help can’t stop Don’t stop!
View ArticleAlec Guiness as Hamlet in the 1951 New Theatre staging.
Alec Guiness as Hamlet in the 1951 New Theatre staging.
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