#shakesepare

[maryxglz]

Tom Hiddleston as Henry V in The Hollow Crown (2012)

Photography by Charlie Gray

Source: Torrilla

[shakespearenews]

Ruth Negga and Owen Roe in Hamlet at the Gate Theatre, Dublin. Photo: Ros Kavanagh

“Negga is not playing Hamlet as a woman – male pronouns are used throughout and her short hair, slight frame and the way she wears her white shirt buttoned up to the neck give her a non-binary vibe.”

[shakespeareanthoughts]

I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle  us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

Shylock, The Merchant of Venice (3.1.47-55)

We continue to read Shakespeare not because we are forced to, but because his words are timeless in the sense that they speak to the human condition, and we are still as human as ever. That is what studying literature is all about.

[glasstownentertainment]

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! If you know a kid who's curious about Shakespeare but not quite ready to take on the bard himself, you might wanna check out the Fakespeare series, in which kids get stuck in Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet (respectively) and have to make sure they don't mess up the story--otherwise, they're stuck there forever. They're companion novels rather than a traditional series, so if you read one, you'll find hidden references to the other scattered throughout 🤓 They're out in May, but if you don't wanna wait that long, both books have Goodreads giveaways happening now (U.S. only)! Go check it out!

[shakespearenews]

Inflexible autocrat, unchecked power – Coriolanus is ‘never not timely’. So why is this Shakespeare play so rarely staged?

The bruising exploration of politics, power and civic identity plays out in front of an audience split into two sides for Bell Shakespeare’s

[shakespearenews]

Now You Can Read the Classics With A.I.-Powered Expert Guides

Margaret Atwood and John Banville are among the authors who have sold their voices and commentary to an app that aims to bring canonical tex

“Man, this thing could be super cool,” Mr. Martin said, recalling his reaction when Mr. Kaag approached him with the idea. “Then we started brainstorming.” He said Mr. Kaag suggested, “Imagine if we could get Laura Kipnis on ‘Romeo and Juliet.’” (They ended up hiring Ms. Kipnis, a cultural critic and essayist, to do just that.)

[shakespearenews]

At a Revamped Under the Radar, New York Greets a ‘Global Downtown’

No longer at the Public, the annual celebration of experimental theater disperses 17 productions across the city. About half are internation

Even so, there can be surprises, usually not welcome ones. The Japan Society, which has long imported experimental Japanese performance, ran into a hitch with “Hamlet/Toilet,” an absurdist, pop culture-inflected work from the playwright and director Yu Murai and Theater Company Kaimaku Pennant Race. As the work is based in part on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Yoko Shioya, the Japan Society’s artistic director, had to argue what made this work culturally unique to Japan. Asked by the consular official to submit further evidence, she focused on the production’s toilets. (Murai is also the author of “Romeo & Toilet.” Toilets are a recurring motif.)

“Everybody who first goes to Japan, their jaws drop at the toilets,” she said. The official approved the application.

Hamlet | Toilet

Theater Company Kaimaku Pennant Race presents their latest reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous works, interwoven with Japan

[corsetsandlemons]

Guys, the Corsets&Lemons event is going to start soon! :D I have my own list of prompts already prepared and I cannot wait!

A few useful links

The Rules are here!

If you have questions here’s the FAQs post. If your question is not answered you can leave a comment and we’ll try our best to reply asap!

The 16th/18th century post of the event will appear in this community in 6 days. I will pin it on top of the page so that it’s easy to find!

The 19th century post of the last round will be re-opened for new comments! (up until that moment is still closed)

I have created a nice and useful website where all the prompts and fills will be listed and linked in order and you can filter by keywords and everything. The site at the moment contains all the stuff created for the last round.

If you need to blacklist words you can use the Dreamwidth blacklist script. Infos on how to install it can be found here!

If it’s the first time you use dreamwidth don’t worry, to participate to this event you don’t need an account, and I’ve got you covered with this basic tutorial.