#Shakespeare Richard III

[kindercelery]

Frog man

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[basilsbestpainting]

I was listening to 'Interrobang' by Bayside this morning before class when I had to do a double take right?

They made a fucking Richard III reference. Nobody makes Richard III references. Straight up, the lyrics are

"I am on a mission

To lose this sorry disposition

I know there's truth in lies

But I'm so tired of nursing mine

I've always had more pride than sense

A little expletiving prince

The winter of my discontent begins

Oh, how I've longed for this"

Which is a straight reference to the opening monologue by Richard?

Not gonna lie, at further glance the entire song seems to call to it. I don't know if its just because I've been studying the damn play for 13 weeks or if this is a genuine connection

[richonnesbitch]

Richard III starring Danai Gurira as the title character is now available to watch for free on the PBS website! Beware though, it will only be available a few weeks. Been wanting to watch forever and I'm so glad I finally can!

[bookholichany]

David Tennant in Shakespeare plays

[As you like it, Measure for measure, love's labor lost, Richard II, Hamlet, The Comedy of errors, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, much Ado about nothing, Macbeth]

P.s. he had also been in Edward III as Edward the black prince and the midsummer night's dream as Lysander/flute but I couldn't find any pictures from those plays. Also he had taken part in many audio performances from Archangel archive full Shakespeare plays collection to BBC radio Macbeth 2022.

[aq2003]

grabbed all of the ebook versions of the folger shakespeare library's annotated versions of shakespeare's plays (+sonnets and poems) and put them all in one place in case anyone is interested

[mrs-starkgaryen]

Favourite Shakespeare's Histories

After my other poll, I am going to be specific. There shall be a battle of the favourites!!

For the love of Shakespeare, please reblog for a better analysis

[the-tenth-arcanum]

unlovable creatures quotes from: the tempest, shakespeare // henry vi part 3, shakespeare // frankenstein, mary shelley // frankenstein (play), nick dear

[aquitainequeen]

(would be that Richard III's best speech isn't actually in his own play)

Henry VI, Part 3: Act 3, Scene 2

[iamstandingwater]

Female rage in shakespeare like 'i would eat his heart in the market place' 'take my defiance! Die, perish' 'yet have we some revenge' 'in rage, Juno-like' 'i will to him and pluck out his eyes' 'let him that makes but trifles of his eyes first hand me' 'Princes and Counties!' not to mention Lady M, Regan, Margaret of Anjou in Richard iii. So much popular media today still can't even pass the bechdel test when shakespeare literally got it four entire centuries ago

[kindercelery]

Ewwwwuuh put it back

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Based off of

(not my fic)

[ganseysmagiciansz]

i actually need help because i saw something about richard III today and my first thought was “oh like gansey!” and then i read the word king and was all like “he was a king. this was the year he was going to die 😔😔😔” before i realised it was actually about king richard III. like the real guy. historical figure. and the fucking SHAKESPEARE PLAY.

[suits-of-woe]

hey does anyone else think about how everybody goes on and on about richard iii's creepy cursed ominous birth but henry vi's birth was also prophesied to bring about his family's destruction?

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does anyone else feel normal about the fact that henry calls richard "less than a mother's hope" when he himself is textually less than his father's hope for his future?

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does anyone else go crazy about narrative foils in the histories? hello? is this thing on?

[suzieloveships]

I'm a history nerd, don't get me wrong, but I always found it funny when people get like really really angry about period dramas being "historically inaccurate" because people from back then didn't gave shit about that. Do you know how inaccurate Shakespear's plays about War of the Roses are? For context War of the Roses happened from 1455 to 1487, Henry VI, Part 1 is believed to have been written in 1591. Best example of Willie not giving a shit is the fact according to him Richard III killed a guy in battle that really happend when he was 3.

And don't even get me started about the Scarlet Pimpernel (1905). You think Orczy cared about being historically accurate when writing abour French Revolution? No, she wanted to write about her Batman prototype. So stop complaining, it makes you look stupid

[wav3y-zzz]

RICHARD RICHARD RICHARD!!!!!!! Such a lovely lad💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔