#Shakespeare Weekend

[uwmspeccoll]

Shakespeare Weekend

Volume Two of The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere edited and published by Charles Knight (1797-1873) contains the remaining six comedies All’s Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night; or What You Will, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, A Winter’s Tale, and Tempest. Knight includes introductory notices prior to the start of each play throughout the collection to determine “the state of the text.” The notices provide brief overviews of the play draped with an editorial point of view, deliver a critical analysis of the “supposed source of the plot," and address character costumes.  

The notices are as heavily illustrated as the plays, and unique to Volume Two is an advertisement defending the editorial choices of how and which illustrations are chosen for inclusion. Knight informs readers that there are no editions of Shakespeare “in which the aid of Art has been called in to give a distinctness to the conceptions of the reader by representing the realities upon which the imagination of the poet must have rested.” He further explains that his pictorial edition will focus on representing the scores of rich scenes and characters without unnecessary embellishments. With one hundred and sixty illustrations in Volume Two alone, it is safe to say his intentions were well met.  

The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere was originally issued out of London in fifty-six monthly parts before being bound in an eight-volume set in 1839. 

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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

[firelise]

Film & TV I Think About A Lot » Much Ado About Nothing (1993) dir. Kenneth Branagh

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more. Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea, and one on shore, To one thing constant never. Then sigh notso, but let them go

[disneystheweekenders]

Requested by unawakened-dragon

[orgasming-caterpillar]

There's something so inherently romantic about redox reactions i can't explain it rn but I'll write a poem about it some day

[wangxianficrecs]

Another Fandom Event Dropped!

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There's an MXTX Yuri Weekend 2025 event going on from April 26th to April 27th and while I've already joined the MDZS yarn flash exchange for this week I wanted to boost the yuri event in case anyone else was interested. They have a blog on Tumblr with more details @classygreydove

MXTX Yuri Weekend 2025

The MXTX Yuri Weekend 2025 is here! Make sure to check out the AO3 collection linked above and visit @mxtx-yuri-events for more information! The theme is Shakespeare with Saturday having the topic of tragedy and Sunday having the topic of comedy!

*** REBLOG so everyone enjoy! ***

Wangxianficrecs doesn’t coordinate anything in our Eye on Events segment, we’re just letting everyone know about them.  If you have an event you want the fandom to participate in or know about, let us know, and we’ll make a post about it.

[cantheykillmacbeth]

Could Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream kill Macbeth?

Unfortunately, from what I could find, pretty much every classic folkloric interpretation of fairies/the fey doesn't specify how new members of the species come to be, and this extends to the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I even looked into the supposed inspirations behind Puck specifically, and none of them clarify this either. This means that UBC and BPC are ambiguous and therefore off the table.

As for the Gender Clause, Puck doesn't seem to apply for it either, at least from the research I did on it; Puck is generally referred to with he/him pronouns both in and out of the play's text. If someone more knowledgeable on A Midsummer Night's Dream knows of a point where Puck is explicitly stated to not be a man (in context of gender, not species), or any information about Shakespeare's take on fairy reproduction, then that would be great.

For now, though, until any evidence surfaces saying otherwise, Puck will be categorized as not being able to kill Macbeth. He would most likely be able to get someone else who could to do it for him, though.

Sorry! Thank you for your submission!

[brothermayhew]

my dear brothers, sisters, and layfolk of farnham, i have been called to isolate myself and pray upon my many sins of the past week (lust, envy, gluttony, and countless others.) i will emerge after the sabbath, having hopefully atoned well enough for my misteps and reconnected with the lord 🙏🏼

[greenbloods]

actually i want to talk about the jon snow-julius caesar parallels more. at the end of the day both are stories about institutions. both are characters who politick within increasingly rotting institutions (the nights watch and the roman republic), who implement much needed reforms within the systems but whose reforms threaten the very foundation of the system itself (jon interferes in northern politics while the nights watch is supposed to take no part, and caesar increasingly erodes the supposedly democratic institutions of the republic for increasingly authoritarian and monarchical aims) and are betrayed by those they thought allies and friends in the hope that through their assassination the institution itself is saved. but it doesnt work. in caesar's case the death of the dictator was the death of the roman empire: despite the immediate cause of the fall being caesar himself, brutus and the conspirators' daggers and the mob's outcry dealt the killing blow. we dont know how the fallout of jon's assassination will go, but its not going to be as simple as melisandre coming over and reviving him. the fallout may be the death of the watch itself, and maybe the replacement of the old rotting institution with something new.

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

TWELFTH NIGHT *AND* HAMLET ON THE AREA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY’S 2024 CALENDAR I AM WINNING AT LIFE

[wyllzel]

Titus 1999 is only available on Internet Archive so here's the link for whenever you decide to watch it :D

omg thank you so much!!! this is very good to know!! 🤭 internet archive is such a great source, bless! i think tumblr might've eaten your link, but i believe i found it here :D thank you again!!

[uwmspeccoll]

Shakespeare Weekend

Working our way through the Shakespeare Collection, our next stop is The Plays of Shakespeare edited and annotated by Charles (1787-1877) and Mary Cowden Clarke (1809-1898) and illustrated by H.C. Selous (1803-1890). The collection was published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., likely in the mid to late 1860s and consists of three volumes each arranging the plays into comedies, histories, and tragedies.  

Scholarly English authors Charles and Mary Cowden Clark refer to the collection as the “People’s Edition” stating their intention for the work to be read within the household and among family circles. Keeping young readers in mind, the plays are annotated for a novice Shakespearean audience and Titus Andronicus is omitted from the collection due to its “grossness”. Additionally, the collection is heavily illustrated by Selous with wood engravings, providing valuable imagery for those unfamiliar with Shakespeare’s plays.  

Volume One contains all of Shakespeare’s comedies and opens with a full-page frontispiece of the author.  

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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

[inbetweencoffees]

Finally completed my essay on Shakespears ‚As You Like It’ :))!! So satisfying.

That means I can spend the whole weekend recovering from school and studying for my drivers license theory test. Plus meet up with my friends- really looking forward to that-

[disneystheweekenders]

Jeff Bennett playing a gazillion characters in The Weekenders!

[some-sort-of-firefly]

@nameless-acotar-weekend was such an exciting and different idea when I heard about it that I just couldn't resist making an attempt at it. I never expected it to pave the way for some of my longest stories. This one was entirely based on the premise of the Romeo and Juliet quote "Deny thy father, and refuse thy name," and it grew into a multi-scene Shakespeare inspired entity all of its own accord. I wanted to dip into the significance of Tamlin going by his first name alone, and I ended up giving names to so many more characters along the way. I'm quite proud of some of those I came up with.

Title: All The World's A Stage Relationships: Tamlin & Rhysand, Tamlin & Andras, Tamlin & Original Character(s), Tamlin & Lucien, Tamlin & Thesan Characters: Tamlin, Tamlin's father, Rhysand, High Lords of Prythian, Lucien Vanserra, Andras, Original Character(s) Word Count: 7505 Tags: Canon violence, Friendship, Loss, Defiance, Change, Shakespearean Quotes

Read HERE on AO3; Preview under the cut

Òran na gaoithe.

Song of the Wind.

Lord Balor Òranagaoth.

The Tyrant Lord of Spring

Die he must, to appease their groaning shadows that are gone…  

Balor was not a popular High Lord. But he was an effective one. He had raised his sons to follow in his footsteps. He had almost succeeded. Two out of three weren’t dreadful odds. For an average person. As a High Lord, he should have been more effective. His greatest failure. Tamlin. He was painfully soft. Taking him along to meetings with the King during the war had been ineffective. The child still preferred to write poetry and act like a courtier. They did not need courtiers. They needed power.

Diplomacy made a mockery of the way the world worked. What was the point in showing the world that you were a pushover who would bend for nice words? Nice words did not win battles. Strength won battles.

Tamlin had never seen true battle, let alone won. His older sons were far more effective. His youngest was a disgrace to their name. Yet, he let him keep it. For the child had shown occasional potential. He was the only of his sons to have inherited his mother’s family magic. Shifting was a rare gift, and one that could be extremely useful, if only the child was willing to apply himself.

He tried.

Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse the curtained sleep…

Dividers by @olenvasynyt

[meandhisjohn]

The King and I wish you a majestic weekend.

❤️🤴🏼

[nadekosnake]

N*demonog*t*ri finally airing tomorrow and I’m normie-passing so I’m actually out all day enjoying my life to the fullest……… gonna go kms or wtv 🤧