Shakesnark

Shakespeare and other early modern things with a touch of snark.

[mastershakes1115]

I think these awesome ASC bumper stickers with @goodticklebrain style comics are awesome!

[goodticklebrain]

Aha! Someone has found my Wars of the Roses bumper stickers! (Available exclusively at the American Shakespeare Center).

[shakesnark]

Romeo: From now on, we will be using code names. You can address me as Eagle One. Rosaline, code name: Been There, Done That. Juliet is Currently Doing That. Mercutio is: It Happened Once in a Dream; Benvolio, code name: If I Had To Pick a Dude. Friar Lawrence is -- Eagle Two.

Friar Lawrence: Oh, thank God.

[professorfangirl]

Busted.

[goodticklebrain]

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At the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Conference, if you run over your presentation time limit, a bear comes out and very politely ushers you off the stage. It’s pretty much the best thing ever. My new life goal is to go to the Blackfriars conference, deliver a talk that is exactly one minute over my time limit, and get a hug from the Blackfriars bear.

All conferences need this bear.

[rose-connelly]

All places that conducts meetings needs this bear. It would be the everyday, in real life, superhero.

[goodticklebrain]

IT GOT BETTER, YOU GUYS. THE BEAR STOLE THIS SPEAKER’S PAPERS:

A video posted by American Shakespeare Center (@americanshakespearecenter) on Oct 30, 2015 at 3:27pm PDT

LONG LIVE THE BLACKFRIARS BEAR.

[shakespearecocktails]

And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

Happy St Crispin’s Day!

Celebrate with our first cocktail, the Henry V. Kept in colours of St George’s Cross or, alternatively, hinting at the blood about to be shed, it’s sure to rouse you to passion just like Harry’s speeches. ;-)

Ingredients:

Lots of ice cubes and crushed ice

About a dozen frozen raspberries

Double-shot of Bacardi Razz 

Tonic water

Raspberry syrup

Preparation:

Use a glass that’s tall and lean, like Mr. Hiddleston Henry V. Mix up the crushed ice, ice cubes, and frozen raspberries; fill the glass with them. Pour in the Bacardi Razz and top up with tonic water. Gently add a tiny bit of raspberry syrup - it will mostly come through at the end, like the sweet taste of victory. Garnish with England-themed accessories and serve with a rousing speech.

[shakesankle]

You know, that meme going around where one person shouts something insulting in order to find someone else? The Shakespeare fandom has mostly been going with “Shakespeare didn’t actually write the plays” but if we’re honest, that would never work. Like, you’re looking for one specific person. But if you shout that, you will suddenly have the entire fucking fandom angrily descending upon you. You’ll be trampled down by a Julius Caesar-esque mob and will never be able to make out that one person you were looking for.

[mysteryofthings]

Queen Margaret is like the queen in chess and King Henry VI is like the king.

[emes]

new favorite thing is inserting ‘literally’ into lines from famous political speeches:

“This is a date which will literally live in infamy” “Mr. Gorbachev, literally tear down this wall” “Give me liberty or literally give me death” “I literally have a dream”

[shakesnark]

onetothestate:

Once started this game with Shakespeare quotes on twitter. #literallyShakespeare

"To be or not to be; that is literally the question." "Here cousin. Here cousin--literally take the crown" “Blow, winds, and literally crack your cheeks.”  “Banish plump Jack, and banish literally all the world." “Literally kill Claudio.”

[goodticklebrain]

A Stick-Figure Macbeth: Dramatis Personae | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9

This is possibly my favorite scene in Macbeth. We don’t get to see the murder of Duncan, onstage, but Macbeth’s totally unhinged reaction makes the offstage murder that much more harrowing. This is a hardened veteran of many battles who started the play literally splitting someone open, and he’s totally freaked out by what he’s just done.

The “sleep no more” speech is great too. Here it is:

Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep’, the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleeve of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast,– Still it cried 'Sleep no more!’ to all the house: 'Glamis hath murder’d sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more; Macbeth shall sleep no more.’

It’s a really good idea to memorize it, and then recite over and over in your head on those long, dark nights when you’re having trouble getting to sleep.

…sorry, did I say that was a good idea? That’s a bad idea. Don’t do that.

PS - Still have a few Crispin’s Day lines left! Get in touch if you’re interested. If you have indicated your interested, but haven’t heard from me yet, e-mail me at goodticklebrain AT gmail DOT com, please.

[best-assassin-in-comic-univ-blog]

Are Shakespeare fans called shakes’ peers

[shakespeareismyjam]

THEY SHOULD BE BUT I FUCKED UP

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

Early modern drama problems.

[cd-metelli]

lady macbeth dresses up for dinner 

lady macbeth at her lady macbest

lady macbeth makes a joke

lady macbeth making a lady macjest 

lady macbeth can’t sleep

lady macbeth needs her lady macrest 

lady macbeth dies

lady macbeth comes to her lady macdeath from her lack of lady macrest

[lifetimeinafist]

Shakespeare is so good at painting the frailty of the male ego. I fucking LOVE IT.

[williamshakespearethings]

“Hi, I’m auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth and I’ll be singing ‘I’ll Make a Man Out of You.’

[janeeyreofmanderley]

Pros if being a groundling: You feel as if you were part of the play.

Cons of being a groundling: You actually believe you are part of the play.

Written by someone who almost knelt down when Richard II entered the stage…

[shakesnark]

As most Shakespeare nerds know by now, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, America’s largest Shakespeare theatre, has undertaken an ambitious project they are calling “Play On!” in which 36 playwright...

Our mentor and dear friend, Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen responds to the OSF’s Translation Project.

[greelin]

good responses to getting stabbed with a sword

wtf

that’s fair

not again

are you gonna want this back or can i keep it