show-me-your-lewd-self: quadrell: marshmallowfrootloops: covertplantigrade: subtly-shakespearean: the-start-of-something8059: i threw a bunch of vines into a shakespearean translator and they’re all great great but this one is definitely my favorite: “Love looks with the heart, not with the mind, and therefore, Cupid is blind wench. I ain’t nev’r gonna cease loving thee… wench” @songofproserpine

princess-of-france: snack-size-shakespeare: shakespeerintomysoul: I’ve always found it interesting that Hamlet and Mercutio’s deaths could ultimately reverse their closest friend’s strongest character trait. Starting with Horatio: Through all the death and drama that tears Hamlet up inside, it is important that Horatio is “not passion’s slave”. He is the one able to think clearly and hold …

ardenrosegarden: thesaltyspice: personally i believe shakespeare would be thrilled to see his plays turned into trashy teen rom coms #shakespeare watching she’s the man with tears in his eyes: i’m a fucking genius (via @shakespiracy)

derinthemadscientist: derinthemadscientist: Play idea: perform MacBeth, but when the witches are doing their prophecy thing, they segue into telling the story of Hamlet. Hamlet is chatting with the ghost when it starts telling a Midsummer Night’s Dream. The audience becomes slowly aware that the programs and advertisements did not publish a runtime for the performance. …

punsbulletsandpointythings: lushthemagicdragon: ladykaty: zombb-8: crystallizedtwilight: nanyoky: I want to write an alternative version of Romeo and Juliet where instead of being a little ponce and trying to work things out for himself, Romeo asks his smarter friends what to do about the whole thing and Benvolio and Mercutio come up with the world’s greatest plan: …

northisnotup: vampireapologist: admittedly I don’t normally like modern shakespeare adaptations but once I went to see my cousin in a midsummer night’s dream and it opened with a high schooler saying “I don’t wanna read this play” so he sits down and eats an entire chipotle burrito on stage and then immediately falls asleep and the …

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