#but also hamlet is so funny

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

okay so like if i understand correctly the conversation of "what did you do with the corpse??" "why don't you just go to hell" is canon in hamlet

[gaylittlebillionaires]

some hamlet thoughts…

i think concept-heavy shakespeare productions can be so hit or miss but when they hit they’re SO good and hamlet definitely hit.

i’ve had a titanic fixation since i was like eight so this felt like it was made for me. literally gasped at the 14 april 1912 date. the movement of the stage (which was built like a ship) was so bloody cool and led to some really interesting staging choices. it made the whole play feel a lot more dynamic and urgent. also was obsessed with the edwardian costuming naturally.

and the performances !!! luke thallon as hamlet was superb. he brought such an interesting energy to the character, it was v refreshing in comparison to other productions i’ve seen over the years. i’ll definitely be on the lookout for more of his work in the future. and jared…. loml. just absolutely brilliant. that one review in the guardian that said he exudes “sexual and political ruthlessness” ….. YEAHHH. but he also has this quiet torment to his performance that is so delicious, for lack of a better word. i hope he continues to do a lot more theatre work because he is truly such a star on the stage.

ALSO it was funny !! really great timing and delivery from the cast as well. i didn’t expect to laugh as much as i did. AND the sword-fighting!!!! so good.

just overall a really solid production and if you’re nearby you should definitely try to see it while you can :)

[aq2003]

THEY HIDE BISEXUAL HAMLET FROM ME BUT DON'T WORRY DON'T WORRY I WILL UNCOVER SOME CRAZY PERSON FROM 2008 WHO HAS SEEN DT HAMLET 27 TIMES WHO WILL TALK ABOUT IT ON THEIR BLOG

[hauntingblue]

chopper has become catholic

[thealogie]

only DT would guest on an acting podcast and refuse to talk about process other than "i memorize the lines" and blatantly call the entire premise masturbatory. i was driving and nearly had to pull over from laughing so hard. tears down my face

I knoooow. His refusal to talk about process gets me every time. Also I was eating it up when he was talking about Shakespeare playing around with iambic pentameter rules in Macbeth and he was like “so sorry this is so boring” brother please I was born to listen to you talk about Shakespeare

[petercushingscheekbones]

Why is every Good Omens season 1 interview like;

JH: I actually love hanging out with these guys, we had a lot of fun

*DT and MS staring lovingly at each other and giggling*

JH: guys, we should hang out more

DT and MS: “oh hey Jon” *goes back to staring at each other lovingly*

[gatorinator]

One of the funniest things I’ve decided to do is rewrite hamlet line for line but it’s Cinderella

[thehamletdiaries]

Got this notebook in Stratford Upon Avon and it's already so battered but it genuinely makes me laugh every time I look at it.

[britneyshakespeare]

I am a very frequent offender of laughing harder than anybody else at my own jokes, but I am also a fan of the phenomenon when you tell a joke without thinking much about it and then it becomes funnier because of how much somebody else laughs at it.

Over a year ago now I was hanging out with my friends and we were talking about babytalk. Like, the way they babble incoherently before they can form basic words and it's just kind of inexplicable to a bystander by their parents know exactly what they're saying. Like a baby will be like ababasaaghaghaghaaba and you'll be like what could that possibly mean but their parent will be like "oh she just wants sweet potatoes" or something super else specific.

I said that someday my baby will be like ghaghaabababgagabgaa and I'll be like "oh he's just quoting Hamlet."

And that got like, you know, a medium sized laugh from the friends as it was supposed to, but then one of them specifically looked me in the eye and said "Wow. That was really an A+ joke" and I was like "What?" "Your baby quoting Hamlet."

"Oh. You're right I guess that is hilarious."

And I otherwise probably would've forgotten that joke but because that specific friend got such a kick out of it, I associate it with him, and every now and then I'll just think to myself: heh, that is funny. My little son quoting Hamlet.

[theogony]

every few days it's like. i'm living normally until suddenly rosencrantz and guildenstern hit me with their tragedy and i'm thinking about coins. anyway

[gilmores-glorious-blog]

bro for the ship bingo… hamratio? 👀

KISSING YOU ON THE LIPS FOR THIS ONE

they are such guys. i miss them.

[aq2003]

rewatching ben whishaw's richard ii and yea i think the biggest difference between his and the rsc version is that he plays richard's flippancy/disregard for other people's lives completely straight and in a kind of sinister way while david plays it for humor

[expolikestoart]

my totally normal favorite characters as that one steven universe meme comic.

bonus sketch alt version:

[thealogie]

To be fair Michael Sheen is very big in Wales and Britain more generally. Of the two actors I’d say Michael is popularly understood to be the more ‘talented’ ‘serious actor’ of the two (I’m NOT saying I believe this just my experience of popular British culture)but David is considered to be a more popular name bc of Dr Who (and certainly more popular for people under 40). For middle aged people not that keen on dr who Michaels seems to be the more popular considering his experience as Brian Clough, Kenneth Williams, and Frost all big late 20th c figures

I’ve kind of learned over time that that’s their reputation in the UK but it’s so funny because in the states people would AT BEST know David Tennant and Michael Sheen is like “who?”

[roomba-mangga]

friend recommended this is how you lose the time war to me on the grounds that the love story can be read as aro... super noted...

[calmlythrilling]

hey professor could you create a catboy potion

A very long, very tired sigh. Believe it or not, this is not the first time he's been requested for such a thing.

"Yes, I could create a .... 'catboy potion.' Are you in the business for one? Ears and tail if you or someone else drinks the whole thing, I can even make sure they're specific colors and fur textures... there can also be other features if you're wanting them. Teeth, tongue, ability to purr, so forth..."