#love's labour's lost

[bookholichany]

David Tennant in Shakespeare plays

[As you like it , love's labor lost, Richard II, Hamlet, The Comedy of errors, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, much Ado about nothing, Macbeth]

P.s. he had also been in Edward III as Edward the black prince and the midsummer night's dream as Lysander/flute but I couldn't find any pictures from those plays.

#shakespeare #david tennant #literature #theatre #as you like it #macbeth #hamlet #love's labour's lost #much ado about nothing #romeo and juliet #richard ii #the comedy of errors #king lear #edward iii #a midsummer night's dream #i updated the Macbeth photo because it's fuckin stunning

[misslevel]

Couldn't fit all the comedies in the 12 options, so made separate polls for Problem Plays and Late Romances.

(Also: Shakespeare poll tag, for all the different genres.)

#shakespeare #as you like it #comedy of errors #love's labour's lost #merry wives of windsor #midsummer night's dream #much ado about nothing #taming of the shrew #twelfth night #two gentlemen of verona #shakespearepolls

[captainbucky-yt]

LUKE THOMPSON on 'Love's Labour's Lost' | What's On Stage Interview [x]

#luke thompson #benedict bridgerton #bridgerton #love's labour's lost #interview #that shirt? boyfriend material #benophie #many gifs

[macbooth]

full of childish whimsy in a hostile fashion tonight so here’s every shakespeare clown i can think of and whether or not i think i’d beat them in a fight

(i do not mean fools i mean clowns. they do not need to be the secret genius of the play. if they are stupid in every way shape or form i am including them here)

Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) No chance. Bro’s got that magic and ALSO has a big strong scary fairy king as his bear, like, do not separate them. If I even tried throwing hands at this cunt I’d get torn to shreds and used as glitter dude, I’d be over. 0/10

Nick Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) I could but I’d feel bad. I also think he’d put up a really solid fight. Like this is out of donkey form, bro was a physical worker. Like I reckon I could win a fight with some of the tradies I’ve seen but I don’t think it’d be easy. Also he’s just really dumb so I would feel a little bad. Donkey form though, I’m running away. Scary as shit. I am afraid of horses though. 6.5/10

Touchstone (As You Like It) Absolutely I could beat the shit out of this man. I hate him so much. Full of hostility towards this fucker. His clothes aren’t even subtle I could find this bitch in the forest no time and hunt him down and rip him to shreds, fuckin court jester doesn’t even have the roughness of the country on his side. 9/10 (-1 point cause he definitely fights dirty but I just hate him so much I’d win)

Jaques (As You Like It) First off he’s absolutely a clown. Second off I’ve played him before so my word is gospel. Third off bro has no fucking chance against me. He’s a podcast bro who thinks I don’t know that Tame Impala is one dude. I’d ask him why we can’t print more money and he would explode instantly and it would be the funniest thing he did with his life. 10/10

Audrey & Corin (As You Like It) I’m lumping these two together cause in the show I did they were one character (and I also played them). I wouldn’t even want to fight these two. And even if I wanted to Audrey would absolutely be able to beat the shit out of me and I would thank her. Our setting was in semi-modern country Australia, that girl would have a shotgun. 2/10

Autolycus (Winter’s Tale) Just like Jaques to me. He might be a little bit harder because he’d change costume and I’d get confused because I have no object permanence but other than that what has he got. Bitterness? Resentment? Bitch so did I when I was 15 grow up experience love. 8/10

Falstaff (Henry IV parts 1 & 2, Merry Wives of Windsor) I don’t actually know about this one but he is very punchable. I feel like he’d let me punch him and I think one punch would be enough for me. I think that would satisfy my urge to punch him. He may be a knight but let’s be honest he’s shit at it so I stand by this. 4/10 (just cause I don’t really give a shit)

The Dromios (Comedy of Errors) I absolutely could beat them in a fight but I would feel So Bad. You see how they’re literally already treated in the play, I wanna give them a break. That being said they’re both kinda dicks but they’re going through it already so I’d wanna give them a breather. I would win though, even if they both were attacking at once. 7/10

Launcelot Gobbo (Merchant of Venice) He’s such a prick but I would be laughing too hard at his name to fight him. Bro’s name is Gobbo. Bro’s name is basically Gobby. Imagine being named Blowjob. I would lose my mind. I would laugh so so hard I would collapse. My heart would fail. Biggest L name out there bro. Launcelot Gobbo oh my god. 3/10

Launce (Two Gentlemen of Verona)  Nah man he has an attack dog. I don’t care what breed of dog Crab is in a production I fully believe he would kill for Launce, that’s just their dynamic. I understand them better than anyone else (I have a dog). Also he’s already working for Proteus, is that not punishment enough? 4/10

Speed (Two Gentlemen of Verona) I mean I definitely could fight him. I don’t imagine he’s got much fighting experience. But once again, he has to deal with Valentine which does feel like it would be cruel to inflict more onto him. Like Valentine’s not as bad as Proteus but fuck is he stupid. Also if I accidentally flubbed a punch Speed could absolutely tear me a new asshole with his words and I would sob and cry and literally never recover. 4/10

The Porter (Macbeth) Fuck no. Bro definitely has a knife on him at all times. I can’t explain why I think this I just do. He works night shift, he definitely doesn’t get paid enough for his dog shit job, he would absolutely try to stab me just to spice up his evening without me starting a fight. 1/10

Trinculo (Tempest) Yes. Sorry, you’re Russell Brand? L. I could kick your ass. And he’s like drunk for half the show, and almost fucked a fish. I doubt his judgement is good enough to say the alphabet backwards let alone dodge a punch. He couldn’t even get Caliban to kick my ass (who definitely could by the way) cause Caliban fucking hates him. Bro, failwife to Stephano should pay more. But it doesn’t. 8.5/10

Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing) Without Verges? Yes. With Verges? No way. Those two are a power couple in the dumbest possible way. He would absolutely try to get me arrested though but I simply would not go to prison. What’s he gonna do? Send me to prison? I’m already not going. 7/10

Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet) No chance. Unless Romeo fucked up so bad like he did in the actual play, I would have no chance against this dude. I wouldn’t even want to even if I could. I’m a Benvolio stan first and foremost and a person second you think I’d wanna fight his bestie? Only exception is if it was an actual fight club and not just a pure fight out of hatred. I feel like Mercutio could give Brad Pitt Fight Club Realness, outfits included.  I would still lose though. 2.5/10

Don Adriano De Armado (Love’s Labour’s Lost) I reckon I could wreck this dude’s shit. You know that gif where the fuckin dude is doing all these cool sword moves and then he just gets shot? You know the one. I forgot where it’s from but you know the one. That would be this fight. Armado would bust out his flair, his razzle dazzle, his pizzaz, and I would just deck him I think. That’s the power you need in this world, I think. Power of fist to face. Peace and love. <3 8/10

Costard (Love’s Labour’s Lost) I do not think Costard would realise he was being fought even as he was actively getting hit in the face. I know how to say honorificabilitudinitatibus, he doesn’t even have that against me. Bro couldn’t even confuse me with that, I learnt that, like an adult. Anyway yeah I’d kick his ass. 9/10

Holofernes & Sir Nathaniel (Love’s Labour’s Lost) This is the same man to me. I would destroy them both. Fuckin nerds. Flowery ass language nerds. I support gay rights and gay wrongs but the only reason I couldn’t fight those two gay muppets who heckle is cause they’re too far away (in a theatre booth), these two gay muppets who heckle are right in front of me. I’d kick their tweed cladded asses. 10/10

Jaquenetta (Love’s Labour’s Lost) She is just like Audrey to me. I could never bring myself to hurt her. Also she’s pregnant and I feel like it’s fucked up to hit a pregnant woman just for fun. Also she could absolutely wreck my shit. Please wreck my shit Jaquenetta. 0.5/10

Moth (Love’s Labour’s Lost) This little fucker should be an INSTANT knock out but I just know this fucker bites. He’s a shit talking 8 year old? Oh he plays wolves on the playground, I just know it. He plays wolves and he’s definitely been suspended for it, I just know it in my heart. Sure, I could kick him, but he would grab hold of my foot and try to rip it off. We would shake hands and agree to part ways, having met our match. He, who plays wolves, and me, who played fairies, leave the fight with our heads high and respect in our hearts. I am kidding of course but I do think we would tie. 5/10

Lear’s Fool (King Lear) There’s already so much fighting going on, I don’t even think they’d notice if I just started kicking this dude. Not only could I fight him and win, I think I’d get away with it too. I’d win not only physically but socially too. What’s he gonna do? Tell his boss? Bro he’s preoccupied with his whole kingdom crumbling, grow up. 9/10

Lavatch (All’s Well That Ends Well) This is more meta but my hatred of this play would fuel me here. I would fight literally anyone in this play if given the chance, not a joke. I would get in the ring with literally anyone from this play, but honestly, out of them all I weirdly respect Lavatch the most, maybe because he at least knows that he’s a cunt, unlike literally everyone else who Just Suck. I do think he’s probably scrappy though, so I wouldn’t leave unscathed. I also think if he got the upper hand he would be so so awful about it, so I’d really have to fight. 6/10

Sir Toby Belch & Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Twelfth Night)  Andrew is canonically bad at fighting, and honestly I do not believe Toby would be any better. Love both of these guys but if I had to fight them both at once I think I would be able to just move out of the way and they’d bonk each other on the head like a cartoon. They’re just silly guys. 9/10

Maria (Twelfth Night) Every woman clown could beat my ass. Audrey, Jaquenetta, Maria, they are all so special to me and would all also fucking destroy me. Maria especially cause I just know she is full of hate. You don’t hatch a plan like the Malvolio plan unless there’s something deeply worrying about you. She’s a Scorpio to me. <3 I do love her, she’d demolish me. 0/10

Feste (Twelfth Night) Would actually kill me. -5/10

I know I’ve definitely missed some but uhhh don’t expect me to remember every clown even if I’m neurodivergent about these plays please. <3

#long post #shakespeare #shakespeare memes #a midsummer night's dream #as you like it #winter's tale #henry iv #merry wives of windsor #comedy of errors #merchant of venice #two gentlemen of verona #macbeth #the tempest #much ado about nothing #romeo and juliet #love's labour's lost #king lear #all's well that ends well #twelfth night #macbooth original

[david-tennant-in-chairs]

Shakespeare DT just hits a little different, you know?

#david tennant #david tennant in chairs #not technically a chair #legs for days #just like all the limbs #love's labour's lost #DT in a tree #emoting like a motherfucker #DT does Shakespeare #nice tights #the only acceptable kind of manspreading

[mordredisacoolname]

Babes in his leading era🙌🏻

I'm so fucking excited even though I don't live in the UK and don't have the money to travel there.

#Luke Thompson #bridgerton netflix #bridgerton #love's labour's lost #shakespeare #he looks so scrumptious

[literatemisfit]

A collection of David Tennant doing Shakespeare, thanks to @tennantverse on IG

#david tennant #shakespeare #as you like it #king lear #a comedy of errors #romeo and juliet #love's labour's lost #hamlet #much ado about nothing #richard ii #macbeth

[benedictsvestcollection]

Luke Thompson nation how are we feeling?

Past 24 hours we've gotten so much content HELP.

#Luke Thompson #Benedict Bridgerton #Bridgerton #Love's Labour's Lost #Berowne #Olivier Awards

[lukethompsongifs]

Love's Labour's Lost trailer shoot BTS with Luke Thompson

#luke thompson #luke #love's labour's lost #theatre #gifs

[antipolin]

Luke Thompson as Berowne in The RSC's production of Love's Labour's Lost. (he's the second knight on the left in the last picture. Apparently, in that scene he sings 'I Want It That Way' by the Backstreet Boys!)

#Luke Thompson #Bridgerton #Bridgerton cast #Love's Labour's Lost

[no-1-rosalind-lang-apologist]

spoilers for fhh and in true delights below

i've been looking through a long list of shakespeare characters, and apparently love's labour's lost has a rosaline and a katherine. which is interesting considering rosalind and katherina.

then this one is a bit more out there probably, but catherine/katherine is a character in henry v, and henrie was the name of that guy that orion and phoebe both dated. also one of the code names of the list that rosalind stole in flf was gray, and it looks like that's also the name of a character in henry v. there's also a character named alice who could be alisa, but that's probably too much of a stretch

#chloe gong i am squinting at you #also katherina minola has the same initials as katherina mai/montagova #i'm just saying #this is so suspicious #chloe gong #secret shanghai #foul lady fortune #foul heart huntsman #flf #fhh #these violent delights #tvd #in true delights #love's labour's lost #shakespeare #rosalind lang #katherina mai #katherina montagova #orion hong #phoebe hong #alisa montagova

[socialshakespeare]

Edited Script for Love's Labour's Lost!

Hello, my friends!

We have been getting requests for our line changes ahead of our readings and we would like you to know that this time, we have succeeded!

Please click here to view the list of line changes for April.

Please click here to view the edited PDF.

This particular play involves the removal of a BIG chunk of text in one go, owing to the fact that it’s just 34 lines of the bros making racist jokes and there’s no value in keeping any of it.

We love you, Will, but that is absolutely unnecessary.

#love's labour's lost #script changes

[cliozaur]

I'm always so happy when I find something new about Philip Quast. This time - a publicity photo of him and Jenny Agutter for 'Love's Labour's Lost' at the Theatre Royal London. 1995 (just before or soon after the 10th Anniversary Concert).

One more character in a top-hat in PQ's collection of characters in top-hats.

#philip quast #love's labour's lost

[captainbucky-yt]

LUKE THOMPSON as Berowne | Love's Labour's Lost Trailer [x]

#luke thompson #love's labour's lost #yeeeey can't wait to see it #benedict bridgerton

[macbooth]

I - X of shakespeare tarot lineart

find xi - xxi here

some of these are in their ugly phase i know but im trying to have faith that they will end up looking good okay...

#also dont ask where the fool is hes a different matter entirely #shakespeare #shakespeare tarot #tempest #cymbeline #antony and cleopatra #king lear #measure for measure #romeo and juliet #love's labour's lost #coriolanus #timon of athens #midsummer night's dream #macbooth original

[uwmspeccoll]

Shakespeare Weekend!

On the tail of our Limited Edition Club thirty-seven volume The Comedies Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare series, we are delving back into our Shakespeare Collection to explore Nicholas Rowe’s (1674-1718) The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes. Published in London in 1709 by Jacob Tonson, this second edition holds an important place within Shakespearean publication history. The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes is recognized as the first octavo edition, the first illustrated edition, the first critically-edited edition, and the first to present a biography of the poet.  

Rowe, having been a dramatist and poet himself, was able to divide the plays into scenes and include notes on the entrances and exits of the players. He also normalised the spelling of names and included a dramatis personae preceding each play. The only chronicled critique of Rowe’s momentous editorial endeavor is his choice in basing his text on the corrupt Fourth Folio.  

This week, we present you with the first volume of The Work of Mr. William Shakespear; in Six Volumes. It includes The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, and Love’s Labour’s Lost. A full-page engraving precedes each play with an additional frontispiece engraving of the Stratford monument. The illustrations are by the French Baroque artist and book illustrator François Boitard (1670-1715).

View more Shakespeare Weekend posts.

-- Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#Shakespeare Weekend #William Shakespeare #shakespeare #Nicholas Rowe #Rowe's Shakespeare #The Works of Mr. William Shakespear in Six Volumes #François Boitard #Jacob Tonson #The Tempest #The Two Gentlemen of Verona #The Merry Wives of Windsor #Measure for Measure #Comedy of Errors #Much Ado About Nothing #Love's Labour's Lost #engraving #etchings