Shakespeare Weekend
This weekend we enjoy Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, Twelfth Night the thirty-fifth volume of the thirty-seven volume The Comedies Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare, published by the Limited Editions Club (LEC) from 1939-1940. The original full title of the play is Twelfth Night, Or What You Will, and it was written between 1600 and 1601 with its first performance noted in 1602 at the Middle Temple in London. Twelfth Night was not published until 1623 with its inclusion in the First Folio.
Italian artist Francesco Carnevali (1892-1987) illustrated the LEC’s edition with colorfully detailed watercolors. Carnevali was a professor at the Academy of the Book in Urbino, Italy and was serendipitously already working on illustrations for Twelfth Night when the LEC wrote to him asking if he’d like to collaborate on their Shakespeare publications. The resulting watercolors are unique in their angled perspective providing readers with an elaborate view of the action as if they were sitting in balcony theater seats and transporting them into the ambiance of a seaside town.
Laid in with our holding is a program from the Spring 1941 performance of Twelfth Night performed at Milwaukee’s historic Pabst Theatre. The performance starred Helen Hayes as Viola, Maurice Evans as Malvolio, and was presented by The Society of Allied Arts.
The volume was printed in an edition of 1950 copies at the Press of A. Colish. Each of the LEC volumes of Shakespeare’s works are illustrated by a different artist, but the unifying factor is that all volumes were designed by famed book and type designer Bruce Rogers and edited by the British theatre professional and Shakespeare specialist Herbert Farjeon. Our copy is number 1113, the number for long-standing LEC member Austin Fredric Lutter of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern
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Hey!! This is gonna be my first ao3 related post, this is one of my older works from 2023 but I think it’ll be a first good link post to my acc.
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The Soldier on Quail Island, with Teddy Evans (far left), Scott (mid right) and Ponting (far right). I don' t recognize the chap between Teddy and Oates. Did you know The Soldier wore the charming outfit you see here (ratty bowler and hobnail boots included) to the Sydney races, utterly shocking Kathleen Scott?
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Seen you associated Flug and Goldie with Hamilton alot, any other musicals/songs you associate them with?
Hi @madscientistenthusiast
(Made a list below for the most of the songs that I think would associate with them)
I headcanon the song What Is This Feeling (like imagine if Flug and GoldHeart were once roommates in school like Elphaba and Glinda 😂) and Crossing the Line describes their relationship.
For the HeroFlugAU I actually partially based it off of Chicago the Musical and Be More Chill Musical. And the headcanon for the Golden Rule Members I actually based it off the Heathers and Mean Girls Musical.
GoldHeart & Flug
Before Flug Left: Crossing The Line
Dynamic: What is This Feeling
Random Fight: To Be A Man
After a Fight: Obedient Servant
If Flug ever mind-controlled GoldHeart song: Sincerely Me
GoldHeart
GoldHeart's Public Image Song: All I Care About (is Love)
GoldHeart's Fangirls Anthem: Trophy Boy (Replace the words Trophy Boy to Golden Boy)
Lookin' Out For Number One
Turnin' Up The Charm
GoldHeart's Past & Hidden Guilt: Good For You
Shiny
How Bad Can I Be/Biggering
What Else Can I Do
Flug
Flug's Past: Waiting in the Wings (Reprise)
Villains Trolling Flug song: Fixer Upper
Still Here
Waiting in the Wings
Surface Pressure (replace the word strong with smart and all the metaphors)
Bonus
Shipping songs
Rewrite the Stars
Missing each other: Metropolis
GoldHeart song after Flug left: Evermore
If Flug and GoldHeart left on good terms: For Good
Flug won't admit his feelings: I Won't Say I'm in Love
HeroFlugAU
GoldHeart convinces Flug to become a Hero: The Other Side
They Both Reached for the Gun
Razzle Dazzle
Flug Learns how to be a Hero: Popular
Flug Learns how to be a Hero Pt 2: To Be a Princess (Replace the word princess with hero)
Flug Starts to Enjoy Being a Hero: More Than Survive (Reprise)
How the Media sees Flug after becoming a hero: Zero to Hero
GoldHeart's Plan: The Pitiful Children
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