Tag: shakespeare

farahs-girlfriend:

it’s literally so much more fun to approach shakespearean classics with irreverence and the same attitude with which you’d approach a normal book or movie than to treat it like some kind of literary bible, i hate it when people treat that shit like some kind of untouchable piece of culture as if his plays weren’t the ducking soap operas of his time.

TL; DR: if you won’t admit that most of shakespeare’s protagonists are fucking idiots then ur a fake fan

what’s the “m word” ? omg

patina-millers-biceps:

Oh God buckle your seatbelt kid, you are in for a wild ride.
So the “M Word” also know as the “Scottish Play”, also known as by it’s actual title “Macbeth” is one of the MANY superstitions held by theatre nerds, including, but not limited to, saying “good luck”, ghosts, and ghost lights.
Here’s what Wikipedia says because I’m lazy:

“Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is said to be cursed, so actors avoid saying its name when in the theatre (the euphemism “The Scottish Play” is used instead). Actors also avoid even quoting the lines from Macbeth before a performance, particularly the Witches’ incantations. Outside a theatre and after a performance the play can be spoken of openly. If an actor speaks the name “Macbeth” in a theatre prior to one of the performance, he or she is required to leave the theatre building, spin around three times, spit, curse, and then knock to be allowed back in.

There is also a legend that the play itself was cursed because the first time it was ever performed, the actor playing Macbeth died shortly before or after the production (accounts vary).Another version of this legend claims that it was the actor who played Lady Macbeth who died during the play’s first production run and that Shakespeare himself had to assume the role. There is no evidence that either version of this legend is factual.

Another legend states that Macbeth was cursed by witches because the play revealed their secrets. Another explanation claims that the original production of the play used actual witches and witchcraft, and so the play is cursed.“

Basically,
YOU DO NOT FUCK WITH THE SCOTTISH PLAY.
IT IS NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH.
IT IS UNFUCKABLE.
You do not say the M Word.
You do not let anyone say the M Word.
Someone said it once and they fell off the stage.
Another time someone said it and their costume broke mid-quick change.

Also you should actually look more in-depth into this and other theatre-folk superstitions because they are FASCINATING. Especially the ghost stuff.

Go forth into the world with your new-found wisdom, do with it what you will.

malvoliowithin:

Date a boy who’s kind.

Date a boy who’s loyal.

Date a boy who will deliver love letters for you.

Date a boy who mysteriously appeared after a devastating shipwreck.

Date a boy who’s actually a girl disguised as a boy and who entered into your service under pretense after his family was killed in said shipwreck.

Date Cesario.