#english shakespeare company

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

alright henry vi: house of lancaster (english shakespeare company) let’s go

thank you @shredsandpatches

[unsightlymuse]

This video is literally every friend group ever:

And it is also the epitome of British popular culture.

[burningvelvet]

nearly halfway thru shakespeare's plays and i've been mainly saving the histories for last but recently watched david tennant's richard ii and really recommend it for fans of him (as well as hamlet, but that's more well known). he decided to play him very queerly and androgynously, and he wears this amazing long hair with flowing fabrics. there are some good monologues from the queen and others about sorrow - i suggest anyone ctrl+f the word "sorrow" and read those bits if nothing else - & there are some surprisingly progressive speeches from the king himself.

for percy shelley fans like myself, i must say that i knew shelley was fond of reciting the words "let us sit upon the ground / and tell sad stories of the death of kings," to his friends, a reference that not everyone would really get but he loved too much to care. but it wasn't until tennant spoke those words -- and i didn't even know that line was from this play, but as soon as i heard them -- that i felt their power, the same power shelley must have felt if he ever saw it live, or the power he must have sensed when he read it. i got so excited when i recognized those words. then i realized why that became one of his favorite monologues ever. its such a fiery shelleyan monologue and tennant did it real justice - for me it was the highlight.

[better-to-reign-in-hell]

Imagine saying “yas queen serve cunt” but in Shakespearean English

It’d be like “oh rejoice my Godly monarch serveth thy womanly flower”

[overusedtoothbrush]

idk what possessed me but i need to say this.

THE LEONARDO DICAPRIO VERSION OF ROMEO AND JULIET SUCKS ASS.

the dialogue being straight out of shakespeare makes no sense. almost every part of the movie isn’t terrible but the dialogue makes it un watchable for me.

however, west side story which is a romeo and juliet retelling is amazing and wonderful and i love it very much. the reason i like it more and it’s watchable for me is because of the dialogue so.

but it’s a musical meaning that ppl are less likely to watch it even though it’s a classic in its own right as well as a amazing retelling of a even more classic story.

now also there were a few rom-coms that came out in the 2000s that were shakespeare retellings and were amazing (10 things i hate about you and she’s the man). and recently anyone but you came out which is also a shakespeare retelling. these movies i think are really important because they have the same stories and plot as the original works but are way more approachable to audiences.

and since the last (large scale) “adaptation” of romeo and juliet was in the 90s we should get a new one that is similar to the 2000s rom-coms (but still with the same ending). also anyone but you was massively successful so there’s no reason to not do it.

[alsofullofflies]

Every time Richard and the Duke of Buckingham should’ve kissed in Shakespeares Richard III

Not a kiss, but in Act 1 Scene 3 where Margaret warns Buckingham to ‘Take heed of yonder dog,’ and Richard asks Bucking what she said, Buckingham replies that it is, ‘Nothing [he] respects,’ referring to Richard as his ‘gracious lord.’ Here, as he rejects Margaret’s warning which will come to fruition, he goes over to Richard and Richard places a jealous arm around his shoulders. Besties that kill together stay together… until one kills the other.

Side note: Margaret even warns that Richard will ‘split [Buckinghams] very heart with sorrow.’ Sound like a breakup? That’s cause it is.

…over a disagreement on whether to kill some kids, but nevertheless.

Act 2 Scene 2, after Buckingham convinces the assembled to let him and Richard and only a few others fetch young Edward to London (unknowingly to his death), Richard and Buckingham are left alone on the stage and share a moment. Richard calls Buckingham his ‘other self… [his] oracle, [his] prophet,’ between which he kisses him in his excited villainly.

Act 3 Scene 1, Buckingham mocks the concept of ‘Sanctuary children in order to remove the young York from the arms of his mother, definitely turning Richard on with his skilled argument.

May the end of this same scene, Richard and Buckingham are once again left alone. They now work as a firm team, and Richard offers Buckingham the earldom of Hereford once he is king. Buckingham replacing that he will ‘claim that promise at your graces hand,’ kissing said hand before kissing the man himself. Indeed, after they ‘sup,’ (take supper) together to plot some more - their favourite shared hobby.

Act 3 Scene 4, Buckingham convinced Hastings that he knows Richard much better, arguing that they ‘know each others faces… [not their] hearts.’ This is an ironic lie even when read as platonic from Buckinghams perspective. He believes it a lie - it will be revealed as the truth towards the end of the play.

Act 3 Scene 5, as they brag about their acting skills they are close and teasing, though never kiss, aware the Mayor and Catesby are just around the corner.

For a while now, they speak but are too concerned with plotting and gaining the crown for Richard to truly be intimate.

However, an interpretation of Richard as queer makes his bastardisation of ‘holy writ,’ to ‘clothe [his] naked villainly,’ all the more telling. Just like with his ‘deformity,’ he cannot live as he wishes to without prejudice, and perhaps in the case of his queerness, his skilful acting becomes all the more important.

As Buckingham convinces the citizens, he implores to Richards, ‘tender… heart and gentle, kind, effeminate remorse.’ Ironic in the face of Richards cold hearted villainly, but also hinting towards their relationship.

Crucially, and symbolically, it is not Anne, his wife’s, hand which Richard holds as he ascends to the those but canonically Buckinghams - metaphorically Buckingham was the one to help him to the throne, but equally, it shows a deeper relationship. (Here I consider Phillippe (‘Monsieur’) Duke d’Orlean and The Chevalier from Versailles - he has a wife who is aware of his proclivities, but is privileged enough that no one comments on the open secret of his relationship)

Furthermore, high on their victory, Bucking calls Richard his ‘loving Lord.’

This all changes however - Richard ‘wish[es] the bastards [The old King Edwards’ children] dead.’ And Buckingham is ‘all ice.’

His pause for ‘some little breath.’ Consigns him to his fate. Richard is fickle, and has lost interest in Buckingham just as he has with the crown. His only wish now is to continue his ‘villainly.’

The next time Buckingham tries to speak to Richard he is ignored and spoken over- dismissed like just another servant when trying to claim the previously promised earldom. He knows he will die by Richards hand at this point and runs.

When Richard sadistically petitions Elizabeth (mother of the princes in the tower he killed) for her to marry her daughter (his niece) to him, he does not speak of triumph against his adversary for the crown, Richmond, but Buckingham.

Buckingham is now a ‘petty rebel,’ and ‘dull-brained.’ Indeed, Elizabeth’s daughter will be replacing him in ‘a conquerors bed.’ He is almost petty in his revenge against Buckingham after he is told ‘no’ for the first time - attempting to make him jealous though his replacement.

Buckingham begs to speak to Richard one last time before his execution, calling him the ‘whom I most trusted.’ As Margaret predicted, Buckingham recalls, his heart is ‘split with sorrow.’

Finally, Buckinghams appears to Richard as a ghost in Richards dream, calling on Richards ‘guiltiness.’ Richard regrets his actions, despite his calls of ‘coward conscience.’ He knows that from beyond the grave, Buckingham fights on Richmond’s side, as Richard ‘falls in the hight of all his pride.’

Thank you for coming to my TED talk on why Tumblr should diversify its Shakespeare interests from just Julius Caesar one day a year <3

[nicolikesthesun]

Shakespeare for every day of the year

[goodhairbadmanners]

"I do love nothing in the world so well as you. Is that not strange?"

[violetwolfraven]

Wait wait wait remember that post about how Team Starkid/the Lang brothers are going to be comparable to Shakespeare 500 years from now and it was mostly played for laughs like yeah lol you’ll need a paragraph of footnotes to explain the zefron poster but like

I don’t think that’s actually far off from how Starkid’s place in theatre history might play out and here’s why. Just hear me out

Why is Shakespeare so popular today when he definitely wasn’t the only playwright from that era? When he’s not even the only playwright from that era from England that we have surviving works from?

Two main reasons:

1) Shakespeare’s work is (relatively) universally relatable. The characters do things that are so fundamentally human. They make jokes at their friends’ expense. They complain about being awkward in front of their crush. They have daddy issues. The plot lines of the plays aren’t too complicated. The dick jokes land whether you’re watching in 1611 or 2024, and they probably still will in 2637. Shakespeare’s works are timeless because he didn’t try to outsmart his audience. He wrote about things everyone could relate to rather than trying too hard to peacock his intellect in front of the nobility. This is not true of every playwright.

2) Shakespeare was really popular right around the time England started colonizing everything in sight. Copies of his work got shipped all around the world, translated into dozens of languages, performed probably thousands of times. Setting aside the moral implications of this, the important thing to note is that Shakespeare was about the most easily accessible English playwright during a time of rapid, intense globalization.

Meanwhile, Starkid:

1) Invests hard in meaningful, relatable character arcs instead of spectacle and expensive sets or costumes. Also, lowbrow, immature humor and dick jokes that make A Very Potter Sequel funny and enjoyable regardless of if you’ve ever seen any other Harry Potter media in your life.

2) Posts professional recordings of their musicals to YouTube FOR FREE, making their shows about the easiest, best quality musical theatre you can get pretty much anywhere in the world, regardless of if your area has an active theatre scene. Proshots from other companies are rare and usually not free. Bootlegs are all well and good, but even if the video quality is alright (and that’s a big if) the audio is usually garbage. Starkid has been posting the best quality free recordings they can afford since 2009, shortly after the birth of social media, another time of rapid, intense globalization.

In short, I’m not saying that theatre historians in 500 years won’t remember any our current Broadway faves, but I am saying that in my opinion, Team Starkid is probably going to be more accessible for the general public. If you’re a 26th century English teacher trying to teach your class about narrative structure in 21st century theatre, what are you going to show your students? A bootleg of Hadestown with blurry video and garbage audio? Or the professional recording of Twisted, parts of which they will probably even enjoy, because even long after no one remembers Disney’s Aladdin anymore, your class of 26th century 16-year-olds are still going to laugh at “No One Remembers Achmed.”

[damelancelot-darling]

Gotham Inception Fic

Aka: a Gothamite writes fanfiction about the Batfam and the Wayne family like step-families.

All inspired by @jasontoddiefor's post here:

Obviously fans are going to wildly mischaracterize everyone, especially the BatFam so I'm seperating each person's character traits into their civilain ID and their persona. Some of these are grossly incorrect in any kind of canon or fanon but this is from the perspective of a Gothamite.

Dick (Richy):

Everyone gave up on using Dick as his name because it kept getting flagged everytime so they decided on Richy. He confirmed in an interview that he prefers Dick because English wasn't his parent's first language and when they gave him a white name, they didn't know what dick meant until they had already been using it too long.

Way stereotyped. Both as Romani and as a former circus performer.

Goofy, smiley, more of a puppy than anything.

Doting on his family.

Nightwing ():

Human thristtrap.

Oversexualized and flirty af.

Gets very angry easily (stemming from his early Robin days)

Overprotective (of family, of his partner, of Y/N, etc.)

Cool in a way that teenagers think is cool.

Richi taught him acrobatics.

Jason:

Dead lol

Still legally dead and out of the view of the public.

Everyone writes angst about his death.

Made out to be this sweet little uwu baby.

They do guess correctly that if he was brought back, he'd be pissed he was "replaced".

Red Hood (Liam):

Woobified

His "real" name came from him quoting Shakespeare in public and so got called William which turned into Liam because Will was not a cool enough name for him.

Daddy issues af

A lot less violent that in reality.

Brucie has guilty resentment about him coming back but not Jason.

Only shows up to work with Batman on cases that involve his terf.

Hates Brucie with a burning passion and doesn't explain why.

Tim:

More uptight. Kinda like Damian's fanon calling everyone "peasants" thing but less outspoken.

Secretly thinks he should be the only son of Wayne but when Wayne Enterprises was given to him, it quelled most of the jealously.

Kind of the "bad guy" and/or the pessimist in most fanfics.

Basically a semi-spoiled rich kid who inherited his daddy's company.

It's debated whether he's actually a compitant boss or if he's more like Brucie was and everyone else does his work for him.

A small group of fans insist that he's stereotped into being the bad guy and he isn't actually that bad in real life. (Most of these are the Batfam trying to raise Tim's spirits.)

Red Robin (Rhett Robbie):

Yes his name is a reference to his vigilantie name.

Nerd

I can't really think of more for him rn

Damian:

More shy than snobby.

Overwhelmed with suddenly having a large family.

Covers up his negative feelings with either anger or coldness.

Doesn't speak much.

More affectionate than irl.

Snow White (ie: someone found out about the zoo he keeps at the manor and everyone thinks it's cute.

Robin (Taj):

I will murder you with a smile.

Has to be kept on a BatLeash (patent pending) at all times so he doesn't kill all of the criminals.

Complete Middle Eastern/ninja stereotype

They do get his desire to be the only BatKid because he's "actually" Batman's son.

According to the internet (which is exactly where a fan writer would go for name inspiration) Malik means crown in Arabic.

Bruce (Brucie):

Still very much a himbo.

Mischaracterized as "the wife" when shipped with Batman

Some people insist that Damian got his animal adoption problem from Brucie's child adoption problem.

All of his one night stands after parties are fake b/c he'd never cheat on Batman.

A little too dependant on hard liqour when left alone because Jason is dead/he's worried about Batman dying on patrol/etc.

Secretly depressed.

Would 100% kill a villain if they were after his kids (batkids included) and he had an opportunity.

Was taught in-depth selfdefense before Batman even considered a first date.

Batman (???):

I can't think of a good name for Batman. If you can think of something better, please add it.

His Batman persona sticks around even when the cowl is off.

Usually a redhead with green eyes because they suspect he's BatGirl's bio dad.

"Do the butts match?"

Loves his kids and Brucie's kids but is emotionally consipated and doesn't show it well.

Has a tragic backstory.

Childhood friends with Brucie.

He doesn't use guns because they're a huge trigger for Brucie.

I am absolutely not the authority of this kind of AU. If anyone has Corrections or additions they want to add please do. If there's enough additions and Corrections on this post, I will eventually I will make another post with everything added and corrected. 

Yes I know I need to add Duke, Cass, Stephanie, Barbara, Alfred, maybe Clark Kent, etc. I will make a sequel post with them in it or I will just include them when I make the masterpost.

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

alright henry vi: house of york let’s get it

@shredsandpatches

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[burningvelvet]

still continuing my shakespeare journey - got halfway thru love's labour's lost 1975 but have sadly comprehended none of it so may have to restart it in another format/version.

the thing with shakespeare is that its so much better to be able to see/listen to his works since they were meant to be performed, but if you come across a lesser performance then it can really negatively tinge a piece you would have otherwise liked. conversely a superb performance can really put you on to a play you otherwise would have been lukewarm about.

and for these reasons, along with my gen z attention span, genetic adhd, & struggling sometimes with older british dialects & EME (even though i've taken classes on historical english linguistics, shakespearean studies, and renaissance literature, & have immersed myself in classic anglo lit for years, & am a native english speaker albeit an american, etc.) — my shakespeare journey has been more bumpy than expected.

but i hope it will be worth it in the end, and that by studying his work i'll improve my overall writing/reading abilities, particularly when it comes to poetry & scriptwriting, but also storytelling in general. and this, not by mere passive absorption (which i have to combat the urge toward), but by active studying, & seeking to discover what it is that has given his works their legacies in the canon, for whatever it be worth. i think tradition has its place. i believe in learning from the greats, and i agree with that quote about how one must know the rules before they can successfully break them - & would add that too many attempt to break without knowing.

i've been casually watching the famous "working shakespeare" acting workshop series wherein they assess the language. there are exercises dor actors re: script analysis, understanding the diction, etc - & i've been practicing some of that to build my grasp on language in general. some actors like samuel l jackson, toby stephens, robert sean leonard, victor garber, claire danes, blyth danner, etc. are in it - its on youtube. i'm also going to look into playing shakespeare, acting shakespeare), shakespeare in italy, and looking for richard. these are all famous films/documentaries about understanding shakespeare & his works.

it can be so overhwelming to dive into shakespeare, as i previously mentioned - but the relieving part is the wealth of information which exists to aid in the experience. i knew an actress (we did a play partly about shakespeare, lol) who had said that she found a copy of shakespeare for dummies to be really helpful, undignified title aside lmao. there are so many databases & websites & books & all freely accessible online. the sad thing is that some of the live performances are really hard to find, but that's an issue with theatre overall.

but my university's digital library (even though i graduated, i still have access) has a lot of databases including some shakespearen-centric, national theatre, & royal shakespeare theatre stuff. so if any of you are uni students or alumni i recommend you to use your lib databases to find whatever learning resources you can - you already paid for it all with your tuition money anyway!

[thebeautifulbook]

THE WHOLE BOOKE OF PSALMES (London, 1639) The Company of Stationers.

Collected into English meter by Tho. Sternhold, Jo. Hopkins, W. Whittingham, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall. Newly set forth, and allowed to be sung in all churches

In the collection of The Folger Shakespeare Library.