#the extent to which i enjoy shakespeare's history plays is condemnable.
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You know what. Despite it being against my doctor's orders I think I should rewatch Jane Howell's Wars of the Roses tetralogy
#the extent to which i enjoy shakespeare's history plays is condemnable.#especially the henry vi plays. ppl talk about those plays like they're the lowest thing shakespeare ever wrote#can't say i agree with that at all tbh. they're messy yes but they're GREAT#they are riotously entertaining and the conflicts are very engaging.#I JUST LIKE IT WHEN THEY KILL EACH OTHER WITH SWORDS!!!#SWORDS!!! SWORDS!!!!! KILLING!!!!!!! HEADS ON PIKES!!!!!!!!#like that's good old fashion entertainment to be honest. i can totally picture myself as an elizabethan commoner#losing my absolute marbles watching one of these in london#tales from diana#jane howell has so much power over me#i am so obsessed w her having directed the wars of the roses tetralogy AND titus andronicus.#some of the most patriarchal plays in shakespeare's oeuvre or at least the least-discussed-by-feminists.#im not really sure why when it comes to the wars of the roses plays tho. the female characters are so fascinating to me#joan of arc. margaret of anjou. anne neville. elizabeth woodville#altho i guess in terms of the real history those women tend not to be discussed as much as the men around them#(excluding joan of arc whose image is often stripped of historical context)#but shakespeare's treatment of them is well well well worth discussing more. idk#maybe it's just the problem of ppl's degradation of those plays! idk idk#me why me i can never be accused of not loving the wars of the roses tetralogy enough#me diana britneyshakespeare tumblr's no. 1 wars of the roses tetralogy stan#i also love circus (2008) most of all of britney's albums. im ok disagreeing w other ppl's fan favorites
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