#— plays

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from Aristophanes' Lysistrata by Norman Lindsay (1930)

#norman lindsay #art #illustration #golden age of illustration #1930s #1930s art #vintage art #vintage illustration #vintage #australian artist #australian art #plays #greek plays #ancient greece #aristophanes #lysistrata #classic art

[blondepw]

the sluttiest thing a man can do is be good at performing shakespeare

#this is about rsl <3 #robert sean leonard #rsl #much ado about nothing #shakespeare #william shakespeare #acting #plays #romeo and juliet #dark academia #leo dicaprio #keanu reeves

[flowerytale]

William Shakespeare, from "Henry V"

#william shakespeare #henry v #plays #typo #typography #fragments #witchcraft #*

[drowningparty]

Sophocles, Electra (trans. Anne Carson)

#sophocles #electra #the oresteia #house of atreus #hellenism #plays #poetry #mine

[thatsbelievable]

#Conversations I Have Had With Edgar Allan Poe #Edgar Allan Poe #poe #writing #writers #writerscommunity #author #authors #authors of tumblr #literature #books #poetry #poems #William Shakespeare #plays #drama #Murders in the Rue Morgue #apes #Oh Edgar

[pensivegladiola]

You can’t be too good at your job: FALSE.

Richard Mansfield’s 1880s onstage portrayal of Dr. Jekyll’s transformation into Mr. Hyde was so good that people accused him of being Jack the Ripper and even wrote letters to the London police encouraging his arrest.

#why is this so funny #imagine if Zefron got accused of being a serial killer bc of his Ted Bundy portrayal #you’re getting a little too accurate there my guy #jekyll and hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde #Richard Mansfield #plays #books #novels #jack the ripper #literature #classic literature #classics #robert louis stevenson #history #theatre #theatre history #history facts #fun facts #acting

[filmnoirsbian]

Agamemnon by Aeschylus translated by Ted Hughes

#tcp #the oresteia #agamemnon #cassandra #plays #in the beginning #an open window #this is a circular story #id in alt text

[soracities]

These hands that are yours. They ache To dig into your flesh And open each blue vein To hear your murmuring blood.

Federico García Lorca, from "Blood Wedding", Three Plays: Blood Wedding. Yerma, The Hous of Bernarda Alba (tr. Michael Dewell & Carmen Zapata)

#q #lit #quotes #lorca #plays #blood wedding #lorca three plays #liebestod #reading #spanish lit #m #x

[luthienne]

Anne Carson, from Antigonick

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#anne carson #antigonick #words #plays #poetry #typography #unsayable #...

[violetarmour]

romeo and juliets driving theme is not silly teenagers falling in love, it is the male cycle of violence and how children will always be it’s worst victims

and the sooner you guys realise that the better

#shakespeare #Romeo and Juliet #william shakespeare #plays #theatre #litblr #romeo #juliet #tybalt #mercutio #benvolio #lord capulet #lady capulet #paris

[daweyt]

Pierre Corneille, from “The Cid”, tr. A.S. Kline, 2007

#Pierre Corneille #The Cid #Plays #French Literature #Quotes #Poetry #Lit #Litblr #Dark Academia

[shesnake]

Jessica Chastain & Arian Moayed in rehearsals for Broadway’s A Doll’s House revival, photographed by Emilio Madrid, 2023.

#celebedit #theatreedit #jchanstainedit #amoayededit #jessica chastain #arian moayed #a doll's house #c* #* #q #johncho #plays #1k

[silverystardustt]

i'll let you in on a little secret.

acting isn't acting at all.

if it feels real, it is real.

trust me.

#literature #academia #dark academia #poetry #classics #reality #theater #theatre #art #arte #teatro #plays #musicals #university #playwright #lorainne hansberry #reading #books

[helenaredamancy]

#holy shit this guy loved her #quotes #quote compilation #aesthetic #literature #plays #opera #broadway #musicals #musical theater #musical theatre #orpheus and eurydice #greek mythology #greek myths #hadestown #hadestown NYTW #gluck #gluck opera #orfeo ed euridice #eurydice #sarah ruhl #monteverde #love #writing #orpheus #musical #theater #theatre

[drowningparty]

Aeschylus, Agamemnon.

#agamemnon #aeschylus #the oresteia #house of atreus #hellenism #plays #poetry

[thatsbelievable]

#Did You Know? #facts #trivia #fish #ichthyology #Sheila Horvath #first fish to drive an automobile #you can’t make this stuff up #plays #drama