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ricksginjoint: Peter O’Toole, opening night of Hamlet at the...
ricksginjoint:Peter O’Toole, opening night of Hamlet at the Old Vic (1963)22nd October 1963: Irish actor Peter O’Toole dons his socks for the opening night of ‘Hamlet’ at the Old Vic. This was the...
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alwaysiambic: Peter O’Toole as Hamlet with Diana Wynyard as...
alwaysiambic:Peter O’Toole as Hamlet with Diana Wynyard as Gertrude at the Old Vic theater in 1963.
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alwaysiambic: Peter O’Toole as the title character in a 1963...
alwaysiambic:Peter O’Toole as the title character in a 1963 theatre production of Hamlet.“If he gave me a wink, and he usually did, this wild Irishman, it meant a very hard fight. It was even dangerous...
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alwaysiambic: Peter O’Toole in the title role of Shakespeare’s...
alwaysiambic:Peter O’Toole in the title role of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at the Old Vic (1980).
View ArticlePeter O'Toole, Orson Welles and Ernest Milton talk 'Hamlet'
bydbach:oh, you glorious BBC archive! (and thanks to the person who converted this for people outside the UK to appreciate this gem as well.)
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alwaysiambic: Peter O’Toole backstage on the opening night of...
alwaysiambic:Peter O’Toole backstage on the opening night of Hamlet (1963).More about this production.
View Article"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to...
“Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own...
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illustration-alcove: Posters for operas based on Shakespeare’s...
illustration-alcove:Posters for operas based on Shakespeare’s plays, by Rafal Olbinski.
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Can you tell me all you know about Shakespeare's life please? :)
This sounds like a homework troll…but I’m feeling generous, so here’s a link to a site where a lot of people have done THEIR homework about Shakespeare’s life and times, where I go first when I need...
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how many suicides are there in Shakespeare's plays?
I don’t know the number off-hand, and I don’t currently have time to research this myself, but perhaps one (or more) of our many lovely followers would like to take on the question?Feel free to respond...
View ArticleRe the suicides question, off the top of my head...Othello, Cleopatra...
So, according to this account (only counting the successful suicides, of course), we have a total of 8.From this answer, I have included Othello, Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras, Romeo, Juliet, Brutus, and...
View ArticleMy cat just came up to me while I was sitting at my computer, and I totally...
My cat just came up to me while I was sitting at my computer, and I totally said to her, “Is this a kitty I see before me?”I need help.:-P
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Genius. He’s a genius. The genius. The most human human there’s...
Genius. He’s a genius. The genius. The most human human there’s ever been.
View ArticleHey, I really love your blog -- and I don't know if this is relevant, but a...
Absolutely! And thanks for the many compliments!Hey guys, check out this young woman’s (who also happens to be named Rachel - small world!) Tumblr! She’s already making some great insightful posts,...
View ArticleShakespeare's Treatment of Love and Marriage
Shakespeare's Treatment of Love and Marriage: (a Valentine’s Day special)An analysis of Shakespeare’s concept of love and marriage in the plays and sonnets.Shakespeare’s Treatment of Love and...
View ArticleValentine's Day with the Bard: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Things base and vile, folding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity: Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind: Nor hath Love’s mind of...
View ArticleValentine's Day with the Bard: Sonnet 116
Sonnet 116Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no; it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks...
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