#the Scottish tragedy

[ineedhjalp]

tumblr discourse but it’s all just shakespeare

[nemeyuko]

For reference, the only person to kill him was a man not born from a woman.

[countesspetofi]

In 2010 our Mackers died of a brain tumor a couple of months after the show closed. I'm normally not a superstitious person, but I've been careful ever since, is all's I'm saying.

girl I would kill myself if I did that lol

[juniorstargazergoke1991]

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Director: Joel Coen

Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel

[illustratus]

Macbeth and the Three Witches by Francesco Zuccarelli

[scotianostra]

It was a sad day for the people of Buckie when the Fishing boat Carinthia went missing with the loss of six men. The following report was read out in Parliament on the 29th of June 1979….

“Carinthia” sailed from Buckie at about midnight on 24–25 June bound for the fishing grounds off Noup Head, north-west of Orkney, with a crew of six on board.

At 1900 hours on Wednesday 27 June a lifebuoy marked “Carinthia” was found on the west side of Rousay, Orkney. This caused inquiries to be made by the coastguard to try to establish the ship’s whereabouts.

It was established that the vessel’s last known contact had been at 0900 hours on Tuesday 26 June, when “Carinthia” radioed the fishing vessel “Crimmond” that she was making for the Minches. Her position at this time was about 27 miles north-west of the mainland of the Orkneys. There was a north-westerly wind of force 8 at this time. The fishing vessel “Crimmond” was unable to regain radio contact with “Carinthia” an hour or two later.

Following the finding of the lifebuoy, coastguard and coastal radio stations in Scotland immediately broadcast an alert, and ships in the area started searching. The Kirkwall and Stromness life-boats 778 were launched, and an RAF Nimrod commenced searching at first light on Thursday 28 June in the Wick-Orkney-Shetlands area. The search area covered approximately 2,500 square miles, and it was hampered by low cloud in the initial stages. I regret to have to inform the House that, following a thorough search of the area, the search and rescue operation has been abandoned and the “Carinthia” must be presumed lost. “

There is very little online about this tragedy the men who perished were Eddy Lawson 30 , James Lobban 52 , Murray ‘Partan’ Lobban 21 , David Flett 24 , Richard Mair 41 & Charles Cargill 28 . five of whom came from Buckie and one from nearby Findochty, the ship nor the bodies were never recovered.

Spare a thought for the friends and family of the crew who lost their loved ones.

[trenchcroats]

"I dont support trump but i agree with his gender mutilation policy" WHAT? WHAT?????? WHAT WAS THAT?????? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY???

[thesunsethour]

saw hadestown in london on saturday and no i haven’t recovered yet

[localcuttlefish]

I’ll word this a lot more formally on Instagram, but thank you everyone who made my latest trip to the McKittrick absolutely bonkers. Gave me a run for my gd money with this tho lol, 5 subjects 6 portraits 7 figures and a trinket.

Details and close-ups here!!

[uwmspeccoll]

Shakespeare Weekend!

Continuing our look at The works of Mr. William Shakespear: in ten volumes published in 1728 by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) and Dr. George Sewell (d. 1726) for Jacob Tonson (1655-1736), this weekend we pore over Volume Seven.

This volume contains the tragedies Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and problem play Trolius and Cressida. All four plays were published in the First Folio, however Trolius and Cressida seems to have been haphazardly squeezed in on unnumbered pages between the histories and tragedies adding to its genre identification problems. In step with Shakespeare’s other problem plays, Trolius and Cressida’s ambiguous tone bounces around creating a montage of possible intents and leaves viewers puzzled about how to relate to the characters. 

The Tragedy of Macbeth is contemporarily known as a cursed play and superstitiously often referred to as The Scottish Play. Proposed origins of the curse are rumored in Shakespeare having used real witches’ spells in the text below angering witches who then cursed the play.

Like Rowe’s earlier collection, scene divisions, stage directions, dramatis personae, and full-page engravings by either French artist Louis Du Guernier (1677-1716) or Englishman Paul Fourdrinier (1698-1758) precede each play.  

Pope’s editions of Shakespeare were the first attempted to collate all previous publications. He consulted twenty-seven early quartos restoring passages that had been out of print for almost a century while simultaneously removing about 1,560 lines of material that didn’t appeal to him. Some of those lines were degraded to the bottom of the page with his other editorial notes.  

View more Shakespeare Weekend posts. 

-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

[ardenrosegarden]

I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er.

[ineedhjalp]

we simp

[aq2003]

rules: without naming them, post a gif from ten of your favorite films, then tag ten people to do the same! tagged by @nastasya--filippovna

tagging: uhhh @g1ngerbeer @ironmanstan @variousqueerthings and anyone else who wants to do this

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[shakespearenews]

The play had many topics of possible offense to King James; so why did Shakespeare write Macbeth?

One possible answer is that the Tragedie of Macbeth told history the way that King James wanted it to be told. The drama was based on the historical record. All the main characters and the progression of events—murder of Duncan, flight of Malcolm Canmore, and his eventual triumphant return—are historically attested, with one exception: Banquo. The murder of Duncan by Macbeth could have been seen by James as parallel with the murder of his father Henry Darnley, while the victory of Malcolm was similar to his triumph over the Scots and English nobility. James’ fear of witches can be judged by his Demonology of 1599, where he sees them as enemies of humanity. Even prophecy was dubious and, since the fifteenth century, any prophecy that juxtaposed royalty with chronology was illegal. In the play, however, all these unsavoury elements are destroyed. The prophecies are shown to be deceitful and the witches deliberately mislead Macbeth. Finally, the world is put right when Malcolm avenges his father.  

Like Robert Cecil, William Shakespeare understood how the theatre offered an insight into the mind of a prince. The Tragedie of Macbeth was drama of the sort that King James wanted and for which he paid.

[daffodilferox]

I am convinced that the third murderer in Macbeth was not, in fact, sent by Macbeth as he says. Neither of the other murderers know who the guy is, and he is never once seen speaking with Macbeth.

I think he overheard the conversation between the other 2 and Macbeth and ended up joining them for funsies, and I will play him as such. Unless the director says no.