The tailors at Colonial Williamsburg made a suit for their cat

So. Today in class we assigned Macbeth roles to students to read. When I asked the class who wants to be Lady Macbeth, a young man raised his hand. I kind of stared at him like “Lady Macbeth,” and he nodded like “I know what I’m about ma’am.” So then the student who ended up as Macbeth raised his hand and said “HE’S THE ONE, HE’S MY WIFE!” So I said “yeah sure why not,” and the entire class period they were blowing kisses to each other and winking at each other, and every now and then Macbeth would say “I’m the luckiest man on Earth” and Lady Macbeth would put a hand to his chest, and be like “BABE!”.

I just stared at them, knowing that they CLEARLY have never read ‘Macbeth’ before, so… all this lovey dovey… I don’t know if I have the heart to tell them the truth.

the narrative: *starts the third act by repeating a scene from the first act but now it has a totally different context*

me: ohoHOhohoHOHOhoHO

I do appreciate the culture of Tumblr as a historian because on Twitter I would be expected to talk straight academia, on Instagram I would be expected to post perfectly staged photos of my reenactment costumes, on TikTok I would be expected to make videos propagating badly revised history, but here I can just whip open my laptop and tell the world that I think Thomas Jefferson was a little bitch with no context whatsoever

People who don't re-read books are so funny to me. "I know what happens"..?? Gurl I know what pizza tastes like, still gonna eat another one. I know what a rainbow looks like, you think that'll stop me running outside, camera in hand, to see the next one?

Oh boy I sure hope my good friend Jonathan Harker has a much better time on his business trip this year than he did last year.

Genuinely I think anyone who is a Shakespeare nerd should talk more about what Shakespeare play they fucking hate. Sure, knowing your favourite play might be good and all, but being a hater and knowing your LEAST favourite is where the fun is. 

The thing is you read too much 19th century Brit Lit and that’s literally just how you start to talk. Was speaking with a friend about another friend and I said “he’s very agreeable, but he lacks discernment” like that was in any way a normal way to phrase that sentiment.

Reblog if you think public libraries are important and should be maintained.

who's your most hated shakespeare character for entirely petty reasons? they're not evil you just cannot stand them. mine is pistol

Does anyone else go look for their favorite books on the shelves at bookstores? Like you already own copies of the entire series in hardcover, paperback, and kindle and there is no possible way you could justify buying them again but

you still go try and find them in the store. just to say hi. to imagine for a moment that this is the first time you are finding them. to see them and just say “hi i know you.”

or is that just me? 

big fan of shakespeare villains who step onto the stage and immediately announce “I am here and I am evil. I am here to do mischief.” and then that’s exactly what they do for the next two hours. no other motive is ever explained. at the end they fail. kings

babe wake up, new Shakespeare uquiz just dropped

link's over here it's a good time yall!

i am once again asking you to watch the 2019 shakespeare in the park production of much ado about nothing