#romeo and juliet/ twelfth night

[aq2003]

grabbed all of the ebook versions of the folger shakespeare library's annotated versions of shakespeare's plays (+sonnets and poems) and put them all in one place in case anyone is interested

[sweet-tangerine-daydreams]

dc x dp idea: the twelfth night

After a typical "reveal gone wrong" scenario, Danny Fenton ends up running to a (reformed) Vlad for safety. Vlad, sensing the danger from the Fentons, decides to move the two of them to another city in America with enough ambient ectoplasm for them to live, Gotham, adopting him as "Daniel Nightingale" in the process.

Danny starts up at Gotham Academy for his junior year of high school. He still talks to his friends, Sam and Tucker, but being away from Amity Park, and having his parents nearly End him has left him a little depressed. Vlad tries to gently encourage Danny to try out some extracurriculars or clubs at Gotham Academy. Nothing really catches his eye until a flyer for the drama department's yearly play catches his eye-- not only is it completely blind casting, but the director isn't sharing what the play will be until the cast list drops. Danny is curious, and takes the flyer home with him, where Vlad eventually convinces Danny to give the play a try.

On the other hand, Tim Drake (who had been re-enrolled in high school after Bruce was saved from the timestream drama)(against his will) is also living a bit of a boring life. School, patrol, eat, and maybe sleep (if he's lucky). Dick, who is on the PTA at Gotham Academy (mostly for Damian, who's in the middle school section) learns about the blind auditions for the mystery play, and with a bit of playful ribbing from Jason, they both dare Tim to try out for the play. Tim eventually relents so his older brothers will leave him alone.

Audition day comes, and Tim and Danny are both given monologues at random. The cast list isn't announced until the next Friday, where the play is also revealed-- it's an adaption of Twelfth Night, featuring a nearly completely gender-bent cast. And to Tim and Danny's shock, they find themselves not only cast, but as the lead roles.

VIOLA/CESARIO: Daniel Nightingale DUKE ORSINO: Timothy Drake-Wayne

Drama, love, and chaos reign supreme in the rehearsals, as Danny and Tim get closer, and start finding that maybe their chemistry isn't just stage chemistry, but might be something real.

And maybe the characters they've been assigned to play are a lot closer to who they are than they may realize.

[transsexualcoriolanus]

obsessed with tragedies that were almost comedies and comedies that were almost tragedies and comedies in which the happy ending is actually tragic

[infinatenoise]

Shakespere plays badly described in one sentence:

Romeo And Juliet - Your "Love had different plans" writing excuse ended with a restraining order and two dead kids

Macbeth - Girlboss uses her sopping pathetic wet dog of a husband to gain political power, ends horribly.

Hamlet - Pathetic emo boy destroys career of his creepy uncle

Titus Andronicus - It's a soap opera because after you watch it you feel the need to wash yourself thoroughly

The Tempest - One man's real person ship fic saves the government from corruption

Merchant Of Venice - The way to make your play where the main villain is a jewish person portraying every negative stereotype is by making the main christian characters the biggest pricks in existance

Twelfth Night - Shakespeare was a COWARD for not making the woman marry the sister and the man marry the brother.

Othello - A commentary on racism slightly ruined by the fact that the main villain shares a name with a cartoon disney parrot

[zforzelma]

A list* of Shakespeare characters for which casting a trans actor is the strongest choice.

Take a look at your complete works of Shakespeare. You can pack so much Gender in those plays. I am of the opinion that casting should be undertaken to highlight the text and make new discoveries.

Really, any Shakespeare role can and should be played by a trans person of any variety, but there are some roles in particular that I think would unfold incredible revelations about the text. I'm leaving out magical characters and fools because that's too obvious.

Lysander - Mids; why don't you want me to marry your daughter? Say it, you coward.

Helena - Mids; This one would be psychologically intense for the actress, so really only attempt if you've got a good therapist. Having a trans woman in this role would be such a gut-punch for so much of the text, I honestly think it would make the audience uncomfortable at some parts. To which I say: GOOD.

I have so many more.

Viola - 12th; Also pretty psychologically intense with all the cross dressing, and the wow-you-look-just-like-your-brother, but her equivocation about gender in her conversations with Orsino would absolutely sing.

Orlando - As You Like It; His older brother won't let him go to college with the other men. Proves himself by winning in a wrestling match. Doesn't recognize his crush when she's cross dressing.

Mercutio - R&J; At this point I feel like everyone knows Mercutio is a nonbinary lesbian or trans masc. Right? Like, we all know that. Jokes aside, I think his difficult relationship with masculinity and honor would be interesting if interpreted by a trans actor.

Hamlet - Hamlet; Obviously. I mean duh. trans masc, trans fem, man, woman, both or neither. Any queer person probably gets Hamlet on a visceral level better than any cis straight person. Who's even casting a cis man as Hamlet in the year of our lord 2023? Yawn.

Laertes - Hamlet; Yeah I don't know what it is. This one is purely vibes based.

Macduff - Macbeth; I actually made Macduff a woman, changed all the pronouns and made him a lesbian when I directed, and I'd probably do that again. But I think Duff could also - or alternately - be trans. I think it would say something interesting about violence of his journey, the scene with future King Malcolm, and the fact that Duff is the one to behead ol' Mack.

What do you guys think? Did I miss an obvious one?

* this is not at all a comprehensive list

[ineedhjalp]

tumblr discourse but it’s all just shakespeare

[narcissusinamirrormaze]

Made this in English class today. Because. Shaysparr

[i-daresay-i-have-too-many]

(pt 1)(pt 2)(pt 3)(RESULTS+superlatives)

[sweetnnaivete]

modern day shakespeare would release his plays like "did i just write the song of the summer😨😨"

[sparkinthedarkuk]