NOT SHAKESPEARE (and certainly not Hamlet, Act 2 Sc 2, which stars Polonius, Queen G, Claudius, R&G):
When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew.
SHAKESPEARE; in fact, Hamlet Act 2 Sc 2:
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
Good, glad we sorted that one out.
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, // Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
#pwned. #hamlet. #badass.
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Procrastinating from next week’s reading by rereading A&C. Standard RHR behaviour.
University strikes again. Looking through past papers for the exam I’m taking in January and this glorious question appeared. Oh god.
I did not realise that this was why there was so much MAAN all over my dash. Glory of glories! My Friday night is made.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
I’m leading a seminar discussion on Julius Caesar this week, which is a wonderful excuse to reread it.
“We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley, 1919
Oh goodness, I’ve read like five versions of King Lear this week alone (Shakespeare 1, Shakespeare 2, conflated, Tate, anonymous verse version — it took ages so I’m allowed to boast about it). Clearly there’s no hope for my sudden turn around. I have never read all sorts of other books though, so perhaps there’s a smidgen of hope.
Romeo and Juliet poster by Beetroot Design Group: Every “Romeo” and “Juliet” throughout the entire text of the play is connected to form a star-shaped web of 55,440 red lines
