Whatever Shakespeare Was Cooking When He Came Up With The Name Mercutio Had More Seasoning Than Anything

whatever shakespeare was cooking when he came up with the name mercutio had more seasoning than anything else english for the rest that century

Wanted to share these frames from the RSC 2017 production of the Tempest because I feel like they'd make for a good meme format(s).

New York City Ballet - A Midsummer Nights Dream 1966

First Murderer

Where is your husband?

LADY MACDUFF

I hope, in no place so unsanctified Where such as thou mayst find him.

-Macbeth | Act 4, Scene 2

“If music be the food of love, play on" ― William Shakespeare

Painting: "Suonatore di liuto" by Caravaggio

What was your first experience of Shakespeare?

I don't know if this was my first experience, but it really chimed with me. Growing up, I saw a lot of plays but when I was about 16, I saw Filter’s version of Twelfth Night at the Tricycle Theatre (now the Kiln). In the party scene, before Malvolio comes in, they handed out pizza to the audience and set up a huge game with those fuzzy balls that you throw and catch onto a disc. It was a raucous affair, a frivolous moment of fun that meant when Malvolio came in to stop the fun, we all felt completely chastised, because we were part of the action. Something really clicked for me – I was forced to engage with it in a different way and I felt the wrath of Malvolio coming in and shaking us all up.