Last Night I Watched "Maqbool" A Desi Macbeth Adaptation And I Thought Of You :3

Last night I watched "Maqbool" a desi Macbeth adaptation and i thought of you :3

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Hamlet quiz tomorrow so here's my synopsis (this is studying.)

Hamlet is depressed and he doesn't like his uncle marrying his mother. Hamlet's friends see a ghost, they send the intellectual to wax poetic with it. Hamlet's ghost has a message for him: I was murdered! Hamlet procrastinates. Hamlet acts insane. Hamlet gets rejected by Ophelia while his uncle and Polonius look on. Hamlet might actually be insane. Hamlet makes sex jokes at the function. Hamlet's mother is worried. Hamlet's uncle is guilty. Polonius has been shish kebabed. Hamlet is going to London with Roz and Gilly!

Fellow Bard enthusiasts!

I have a question: Is it common to portray Edmund and the Duke of Cornwall as having an affair, in productions of "King Lear"?

(This is in addition to Edmund's other canon affairs, of course.)

I just watched a version from the mid-80s and its version of Act III, Scene V left NO ambiguity about it.

I mean...

Cornwall on the left, Edmund in the water, on the right.

(Yes, I had to blur, um, certain 'parts of Cornwall', shall we say? Because it was all out in the open...)

Cecily: Bloody thou art, bloody shall be thy end. Shame serves thy life and doth thy death attend

Richard: mother this is a dairy queen

we're doing The Merchant of Venice and why do I lowkey fw shylock. my brother in christ I'd do the same. he's been discriminated against systematically, shunned, isolated, belittled, had his emotions and thoughts regarded as below consideration. of COURSE he won't be 100% unbiased !!!!!! he said HIMSELF (act 4, scene 1) that he is NOT claiming any moral superiority. he KNOWS he's emotional and not perfect at all, but neither are they (arguably he's the BETTER one moral-wise than Antonio/Bassanio).

OBVIOUSLY HE DOESN'T NEED A POUND OF FLESH FOR A PRACTICAL PURPOSE !!!!

"If you had offered me 6 thousand ducats [double his original loan] or my bond [pound of flesh], I'd choose the bond."

HE'S ACTING OUT OF SPITE AND NEVER FUCKING DENIED IT. HE HAS EMOTIONS, HE HAS ANGER AND PAIN AND FEAR.

and for that I ADMIRE HIM. everyone else brushes off their own faults, their biases, has a crowd of aristocrats-- white, Catholic, straight billionaires on their side, someone to contest every single word coming out of Shylock's mouth and claim that he's "cold hearted, cruel, unforgiving."

the islamophobia/antisemitism is RAMPANT in this play to the point I feel almost physically ill. I'm not even fucking Jewish, but I'm queer, mentally ill and disabled- not exactly favoured by society either as someone "palatable" or remotely "normal."

I mean OBVIOUSLY I might get people saying "shylock was a cruel, heartless character he literally wanted Antonio dead for trying to reach his love" I DONT CARE !!! DOOOONT CAREEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my opinion on a FICTIONAL story. obviously this would be so much more different if it was a real crime case or whatever but yeah. I believe he should've gotten a little bit of Blood of His Enemies. as a treat. a little at least

17th Century Theatre Actors RPF fic recs

Nameless by a_t_rain

➤ historical rpf about 17th century theatre actors associated with shakespeare

➤ I've never heard of these characters before or the play they're putting on that's central to the themes of the fic but the the fic does a good enough job introducing it all that it works nonetheless

➤ a really interesting and thoughtful work about life vs fiction, and acting, and finding a new life, and the realities and ramifications of abusive relationships

➤ I loved it, and I see the author has written other fics about this group of characters and I want to read them too!

➤ 5k words in length

Genesis by a_t_rain

➤ a prequel to Nameless, about 17th century theatre actors associated with Shakespeare (and Shakespeare himself)

➤ the viewpoint character begins as an an apprentice grocer in the grocer's guild, and his first taste of acting is in reviving the guild play

➤ like Nameless, a really thoughtful and interesting look at this period of history, with many excellent historical details

➤ the development of John's understanding of what it is to act, and what it is to be part of the world of actors (different things!) is so well done

➤ and I love the quiet, solid romance of trust between John and Rebecca

➤ 10k words in length