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But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee
And, darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.
Sonnet 43 #ShakespeareSunday
ALT Dreams of Love by Francesco Vinea, lithograph, 1895. (Image credit: PICRYL)
Clap ’s into “Light o’ love.” That goes without a burden.
Much Ado About Nothing (3.4) #ShakespeareSunday
More light and light, more dark and dark our woes.
Romeo and Juliet (3.5) #ShakespeareSunday
ALT Romeo and Juliet (Act 3, scene 5) by Marcello Bacciarelli, oil on canvas, 1796. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Nov 6, 1558: Playwright Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy, is baptized in the church of St Mary Woolnoth in London. #OTD
Nov 6, 1429: King Henry VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. #OTD
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Gunpowder, treason and plot: Guy Fawkes and the Shakespeare connection
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Throwback Thursday presents this 2011 blog post from The #Shakespeare Blog, which discusses the Gunpowder Plot's effect on the writing of Macbeth.
Nov 5, 1605: Guy #Fawkes is arrested in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of of Lords and kill King James I. #OTD
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In tribute to RSC Honorary Associate Artist Sir Patrick Stewart
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The Royal #Shakespeare Company remembers the great Sir Patrick Stewart, RSC Honorary Associate Artist, who has passed away at the age of 86.
ALT Patrick Stewart in an RSC production of The Winter's Tale. Photo by Reg Wilson © RSC
Nov 2, 1483: Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, is beheaded for treason in Salisbury by the order of Richard III. #OTD
Now I want
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
And my ending is despair,
Unless I be relieved by prayer,
The Tempest (5.Epilogue) #ShakespeareSunday #RIP
ALT Patrick Stewart as Prospero in The Tempest.
O limèd soul, that, struggling to be free,
Art more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay.
Hamlet (3.3) #ShakespeareSunday #RIP
ALT Patrick Stewart as Claudius in Hamlet.
Nov 1, 1611: The first recorded performance of The Tempest occurs for King James I on "Hallowmas nyght" at Whitehall Palace in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
Macbeth (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday #RIP
ALT Patrick Stewart as Macbeth
Nov 1, 1604: The first recorded performance of Othello occurs at Whitehall Palace in London. The Revels account describes it as "A Play in the Banketinge house at Whit Hall Called The Moor of Venis," attributed to "Shaxberd."#OTD #Shakespeare
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Oct 31, 1396: Isabella of Valois marries the widower King Richard II of England nine days before her seventh birthday. #OTD
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Michelle Terry to step down as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in 2027
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Michelle Terry is to step down as artistic director of #Shakespeare's Globe at the end of 2027, closing a decade in charge of the Bankside theatre.
Oct 29, 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded in the Old Palace Yard at the Palace of Westminster. #OTD
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