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So I was in rehearsal for julius caesar (performing outside mind you) and while antony was doing the whole “friends, romans, countrymen” speech, some random person yelled “PERIOD!” while walking by. Anyone who says shakespeare isn’t relatable to modern audiences is just Wrong.

day 48: drawing with @dailymercutio ...for some reason

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

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

The Ghost--Hamlet (1948)

"i'd date you if you were a guy" but it's olivia and viola from twelfth night

okay because i've seen many different interpretations of this.

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!

re-reading hamlet and i literally cannot read "there is special providence in the fall of a sparrow" without wanting to sob over james farrow

I'm not sure how legit the claim is that where Shakespeare deviates from iambic pentameter it's meant to indicate how long to pause for. However:

"Is the law on our side if I say 'aye'?" (In Original Pronunciation, this probably fit iambic pentameter exactly)

*spends 4.5 iambs looking around as if to say 'can you believe this guy?' "No!"

is pretty funny and exactly how i'd play that if i was an actrum

the chanting of the rancid hellkite hoot is filling up your toad-crossed mind

happy macbeth day to those who celebrate :)

Good Luck King ❤️

DO YE WORK UP AN APPETITE

no one asked AT ALL but here are my favourite queer poems

six fragments for atthis - sappho

fragment 31 - sappho

endymion - oscar wilde

a glimpse - walt whitman

we two boys together clinging - walt whitman

funeral blues - w.h. auden

lullaby - w.h. auden

the more loving one - w.h. auden

sonnet 20 - william shakespeare

sonnet 53 - william shakespeare

sonnet 108 - william shakespeare

thank you for your time happy reading

I’M SELLING TWO TICKETS FOR DAVID TENNANT AND CUSH JUMBO’S MACBETH ON NOVEMBER THE 4TH

Please buy them from me I’ve changed dates and I REALLY have to get rid of these tickets

The seats are good

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...)

Pt 2 of Would This David Tennant Character Respect Your Pronouns, And What Would They Do If Someone Else Messed Them Up? (bc @nastasya--filippovna asked for theses ones)

Campbell- Of course! He's enthusiastic and quickly apologises if he or someone else gets it wrong

Hamlet- Gives it his best go, but is too wrapped up in his own issues to correct other people on someone else's pronouns

Richard ||- Probably? He tries, and normally catches when someone misgenders you, and is only a little bit endearingly smug about it

Benedick- if you challenged him to be the biggest trans ally on the planet, he would respect your gender identity so hard. He would dramatically correct everyone, even if they'd already corrected themselves

Arthur Eddington- Pretty normal about trans people, probably. He'd just be glad to find another queer person. He'd only correct someone if he knew it was safe to let them know that you're not cishet

Simon Yates- He'd be a bit awkward and quiet about it at first, but yeah. Eventually, it would become more natural for him to automatically correct people and gender you right himself.

Casanova- Heck yeah. He'd still think you're hot, just hot as a different gender. Definitely corrects people

A cool thing about british actors is that they act on stage sometimes and I watch these plays in class so it's just great to blush in front of my classmates because 2014 David Tennant is wearing the abducting!Richard II outfit that looks way too much like angel!Crowley's fit from GO s2 if yk what i mean

(This is how I am introduced, too^)

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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...)

Day 36: I’m backkkkk

had a normal one this weekend (watched a recorded production of a midsummer night's dream and two of much ado about nothing)

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

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