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[majestativa]

Above all things respect thyself.

— PYTHAGORAS ⚜️ The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, and Other Pythagorean Fragments [Ed. Florence M. Firth], transl. by John Halle of Durham, André Dacier & Nicholas Rowe, (1904)

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soft alfred & uhtred moments 1/∞ bonus:

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(Illustration is from Nicholas Rowe's 1709 edition of Shakespeare's plays).

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"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

-- William Shakespeare, The Tempest.

(Sherry Baker)

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Shakespeare Weekend

In 1803 Joseph Johnson (1738-1809) published the fifth edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare, in twenty-one volumes, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators to which are added notes. Originally written by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) and George Steevens (1736-1800), this fifth edition was edited by Isaac Reed (1742-1807) and became known as the first variorum edition of Shakespeare.  

Reed’s collation of previous variations of Shakespeare proved to be a massive undertaking (twenty-one volumes!) that would be reprinted in 1813 and inspire future variorums like that of James Boswell the Younger in 1821 and the New Variorum Shakespeare Project that began in the 1870s and continues to this day as an official project of the Modern Language Association of America (which, btw, was headquartered here at the UWM libraries for 20 years, and the reason we have such a strong Shakespeare collection). The edition opens with a frontispiece engraving of Shakespeare by British engraver James Neagle (d. 1822) followed by an advertisement by Reed. Reed takes this opportunity to sing Steevens praises, including a eulogy written by William Hayley that reads in part “This tomb may perish, but not so his name who shed new lustre upon Shakespeare’s fame!” 

Volume One continues with various prefaces and essays by the usual Shakespearean scholars and critics of the time, Malone, Pope, Warburton and of course Nicholas Rowe’s Life of Shakespeare. Printed by John Plymsell out of London, our edition features marble endpapers in a Stormont pattern. 

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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[quiteunlikely-screencaps]

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

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they cast the most Wellington-looking man yet

[kwebtv]

The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells - Hallmark Channel - August 5-7, 2001

Science Fiction (6 episodes)

Running Time: 265 minutes

Stars:

Tom Ward as H. G. Wells (stories 1-6, frame story)

Katy Carmichael as Jane Robbins (stories 1-6)

Eve Best as Ellen McGillvray (frame story)

Nicholas Rowe as Professor Cedric Gibberne (stories 1-6)

Matthew Cottle as Whittaker (stories 1-6)

Barry Stanton as Dean Frederick Masterman (stories 1,4,6)

Raymond Coulthard as Mark Radcliffe (story 1)

Mark Lewis Jones as Arthur Brownlow (story 2)

Robert Demeger as Frank Harris (story 2)

Stephen Critchlow as William Cave (story 3)

Tilly Vosburgh as Rosa Cave (story 3)

Dominic Cooper as Sidney Davidson (story 4)

Jeffry Wickham as Dr. Symonds (story 4)

Mark Dexter as Atkins (story 4)

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Young Sherlock Holmes 1985 (8/17)

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The Killing Kind

The Killing Kind (Serie 2023) #EmmaAppleton #ColinMorgan #NicholasRowe #KerrLogan #SophieStanton #OliviaDLima Mehr auf:

Serie Jahr: 2023- Genre: Thriller Hauptrollen: Emma Appleton, Colin Morgan, Nicholas Rowe, Kerr Logan, Sophie Stanton, Olivia D’Lima, Sara Powell, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Jacquetta May, Rob Jarvis, Richard Dixon, Simon Meacock, Bethany Muir … Serienbeschreibung: Ingrid Lewis (Emma Appleton) hat schwere Zeiten hinter sich. Als Rechtsanwältin, die sich auf die Verteidigung von Angeklagten…

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DESPINA HATUN IN FICTION III 

Arpasia

“ Let it come; This Moment then shall shew I am a Greek, And speak my Country's Courage in my suffering.” - The final adieux of Arpasia to Bajazet in the play “ Tamerlane: A Tragedy “ by Nicholas Rowe. 

The play named “ Tamerlane: A Tragedy “ was first performed in 1701 at the Lincoln’s Inn Fields Theater in London. 

The play which has various historical characters, both fictional and non-fictional, contains two characters inspired by a 14th-century couple from the Ottoman Empire; Despina Hatun and Yildirim Bayezid, Arpasia and Bajazet.

In this artwork, Despina Hatun has heavily influenced the character of Arpasia; the sorrowful bride of Bajazet who has great disdain for her husband, and instead finds solace and comfort in the presence of the fictional Moneses; a prince who shares both her heritage and faith. 

The relationship between Arpasia and Bajazet is quite complex in this play. On his part, he is content to have the company of his bride with him during his captivity by Tamerlane though he is quite possessive of her. On her part, she is disgusted by him, not only for his actions towards her but also for their religious differences. 

No matter what he does, and what he says he can not win the affection of his wife, though it seems this has been their relationship since the very beginning. 

Arpasia accused Bajazet of acting like a tyrant, not only towards her in the past but also towards his people, and yet Bajazet seemed to not care for her words. Though we do not get exact examples of those Tyrant actions he took upon her, some believe it could be related to marital abuse. 

Jealous and tired of waiting for his bride to fall upon him, Bajazet gives her an ultimatum; to give herself willingly or he will use another method to have her. 

In the end, she ends her life knowing that will be the only way to save herself from him and have the final laugh, in death. Though Bajazet tries to save her, showing that he does have some affection for her, other than his possessiveness ideas over her person, his attempt fails and that is the last we have of them in the play. 

The aftermath of her death is probably one of the first times we have an essence of remorse from Bajazet, though it does not last long.

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Overall, I would say the play and the story of Arpasia (Despina Hatun) do have aspects of early-media feminism, such as her being against her husband's views of seeing her as something to possess at his own time, and her death being some activism against his ideas. 

But the play fails, to go more in-depth into what previously happened between them, leaving some confusion in the viewer/reader. 

[majestativa]

Observe well, on every occasion, what I am going to tell thee: Let no man either by his words, or by his deeds, ever seduce thee.

— PYTHAGORAS ⚜️ The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, and Other Pythagorean Fragments [Ed. Florence M. Firth], transl. by John Halle of Durham, André Dacier & Nicholas Rowe, (1904)

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[Calendario]

Mira, amor mío, esta no es la clase de cosas que para mí son fáciles de mostrar. En serio, preferiría dejarte ver más historias con miles de errores que esto, sin embargo, ya que existe una pequeña posibilidad de que sea de tu agrado, aquí lo tienes :D

Voy a hacer un calendario por mes con las ships que me gusten, ¡y aquí esta el primer mes!, y es de Holmes y Watson, obviamente c:

Hice dos versiones, en donde cambio solamente a Sherlock BBC (con su respectivo Watson), por el Holmes de RDJ (y su Watson) que, por si no se ha visto lo suficiente, odio con todo mi ser (?), pero aquí a mi amix @albastrusstuff le gusta esa versión, así que, porque la adoro, ahora esta en el calendario :3

Entonces, cariño, si te gusta lo suficiente, ten la confianza de descargar la cosa y marcarla/rayarla como más te plazca, que para eso es y yo estaré muy feliz de que para eso lo ocupes :D (manda ss). Por cierto, no sé si tumblr quita resolución a las imágenes (porque los fanarts que he visto son de muy buena calidad), pero de todas formas, te dejo link para que los descargues con toda la calidad posible dependiendo de cuál versión te guste más (o cuál odies menos, si decides usarlo XD).

Recuerda, esposa mía, que no soy diseñadora ni nada así :'D, si crees que esta feo, pues ya ni modos, no esperes nada mejor porque no le sé más u.u

Oh, aclaración sobre los números; las lunas que hay debajo corresponden a la vista que se dará en la CDMX en sus respectivos días a las 7pm, entonces, si vives en un lugar diferente, es probable que las lunas del calendario y las tuyas no coincidan del todo. Por lo demás, según esta página, será completamente así :3

Así que, ahí esta... 🥺🫣

[theoscarsproject]

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985). When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.

This is one of those ones where I'm genuinely curious what my opinion of it would have been if I'd watched it when I was a kid. I think there are definitely parts I would've liked back then, but I also don't know if I would've been able to see past the hamfisted plot and the serious lack of chemistry between the core cast. This is just miss after miss, which is a bummer given Enola Holmes shows how well a YA movie in the Holmes universe can work. 3/10.

[uwmspeccoll]

Shakespeare Weekend!

This weekend we return to Nicholas Rowe’s (1674-1718) The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes. Published in London in 1709 by Jacob Tonson (1655-1736), perhaps the most prolific of Shakespeare publishers, this second edition holds an important place within Shakespearean publication history. The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes is recognized as the first octavo edition, the first illustrated edition, the first critically edited edition, and the first to present a biography of the poet.  

This week, we introduce you to the second which consists of all comedies, including A Midsummer-Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well that Ends Well, Twelfth-Night; or What You Will, and The Winter’s Tale. A full-page engraving by the French Baroque artist and book illustrator François Boitard (1670-1715) precedes each play. 

In addition to Rowe’s editorial decisions to divide the plays into scenes and include notes on the entrances and exits of the players, he also normalised the spelling of names and included a dramatis personae preceding each play. The only chronicled critique of Rowe’s momentous editorial endeavor is his choice in basing his text on the corrupt Fourth Folio. 

Perhaps of interest to some of our readers is the exceptional use of signature marks and catchwords throughout the volumes of The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes. Found on the bottom of the pages, the signature marks and catchwords helped the bookbinder or printer make sure the pages were sent to the press in the right order and that subsequent leaves were bound in the correct order. Signature marks through the use of a letter and number combination marking the first page of a leaf or section, and catchwords by way of anticipating the first word of the following page.  

View more volumes of The Works of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes here.

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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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Silver Fox Sherlock Holmes and the Case of... of...

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Happy 350th Birthday to Nicholas Rowe

No, no, not the guy from Young Sherlock Holmes and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I mean Nicholas Rowe classic (1674-1718), England’s fourth Poet Laureate, first modern editor of a complete Shakespeare (1709), and a leading playwright of the Georgian Era. The son of a propertied lawyer, Rowe read for the law in his youth and held a variety of administrative positions in adulthood,…