#seriously the medieval court drama is unmatched
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i cannot stop thinking about henry vi part 2
#i havent rewatched it yet#i watched part one again (the bbc television production from 1983 directed by jane howell whomstve we STAN)#i havent watched a production of part 2 though... ever. not since i read it four years ago now#in which it was all in my head#AM I READY FOR WHATS GONNA HAPPEN TO THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER THOUGH? AM I?#IM NOT SURE I AM#oooohohoh#shakespeare history plays are breaking my brain#i said i was gonna use july to detox before reading henry v but then i made a kanopy profile oops#margaret of anjou is gonna WHAT? she's gonna WHAT???!??!!?#SUFFOLK WHAT???!?!?!?!?#tales from diana#i also keep thinking about how. i initially had no interest in reading the english history plays whatsoever. lol#if it weren't for ned @sneez my dear friend being the number one henry vi fanboy inthe world... idk if id have read any of them by now#in truth i only started 1 henry vi bc of him. and i was a bit dismayed and daunted by the fact that it was one of 3#about that king alone... and then to discover richard iii was the end of that tetralogy series.#but then like. i started that shit and i was like WHAATTT?!?!?!?!?#everyone told me shakespeares english histories are just elizabethan propagranda. no one told me that they're general hospital#seriously the medieval court drama is unmatched#i dont get a kick out of true crime like some ppl. for my real-life-intrigue fix i need deposed kings and lord protectors sorry#and several wars going on at once#the pacing in the histories are also nothing like the rest of shakespeare's works. i mean ppl make a joke about hamlet#how basically the whole play he does nothing but go insane and soliloquize until he dies#IT IS NOT LIKE THAT IN THE ENGLISH HISTORIES#PPL WILL BE BANISHED FROM THE REALM ON PUNISHMENT OF DEATH IN FUCKIN. ACT II OF V. SHIT'S CRAZY
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