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new poll. are you going to marry a passionate antistratfordian who nonetheless loves the works, or someone who doesn't like shakespeare at all but understands he was real
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Happy death/birth(?)day, William Shakespeare!
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oh you’re in his dms? well i’m a part of his house. disguised as a boy. running his errands. trying to make the local countess fall in love with him. even though i’m in love with him. but now she’s in love with me. shit.
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the curse of local theatre is that a show can change you forever and there is no recording of it anywhere at all and after a few years all you have are scattered memories and the knowledge that you were different before.
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Malvolio’s Revolve
The joy of Shakespeare is that even if you see the same play dozens of times, each production is its own, unique experience.
Having said that… there are certain bits of stage business that often crop up in numerous productions. One of my favorites is Malvolio’s revolve.
Just for fun, here are various examples of Malvolio’s revolve that have been captured on film. (If the gifs don’t work, check out my original post here.)
Alec Guinness in the 1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre production does the classic dubious, self-conscious revolve, although Sir Toby and his gang are safely behind a hedge and don’t have to hide.
Nicholas Pennell in this 1986 filmed production at the Stratford Festival of Canada executes a confident and rarely-seen double revolve, forcing his peanut gallery to duck out of sight.
In this filmed version of the Renaissance Theatre Company’s 1988 production, Richard Briers executes a very slow , dubious revolve that is notable for being counter-clockwise. In my experience, most Malvolios revolve in a clockwise direction.
Finally, this Stratford Festival production milks the revolve for all it’s worth, with Tom Rooney’s Malvolio turning at just the right speed to miss Sir Andrew’s desperate dash across the stage.
Some productions choose to have Malvolio turn the letter around, rather than himself. Others either blow past the line without acknowledging its comedic gag potential, or cut it in its entirety. All are valid choices, but honestly… why look a gift gag in the mouth?
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Constance Collier as Queen Gertrude and John Barrymore as the titular prince in Barrymore's production of 'Hamlet' at the Haymarket Theatre, London, 1925
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Ophelia just drowned herself in her grief-driven madness and the next stage directions are "enter two clowns" gotta love Shakespeare
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julius caesar + textposts
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yeah yeah sure Claudius and Hamlet Sr played by the same actor but what about Falstaff and Hal being played by the same actor, with two different wigs?
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Othello, but Iago is the parrot from Aladdin
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Everyone's got that 1 friend named honest iago who never lies to them
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It’s always “why did you commit regicide” and “your covered in blood” and never How was the treason The treason looked fun was it fun
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#steve is The best you mean#macbeth#i'm exempted from calling it the scottish play because i'm already dead and what can a curse do against the dead
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when do you intend to release your next work?
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i want there to be more fanfic aus where everything is the same but for one minor detail. everything is the same but there’s sentient animals wandering around. everything is the same but everyone is called gerry. everything is the same but two characters are siblings for no reason
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Much Ado About Nothing but aboard the Starship Enterprise. It's Spock who suggests that Ensign Hero fakes her death.
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