Welcome to Litsy!

I‘m in Stratford Ontario this week, enjoying the theatre festival. Today‘s our last day, with As You Like It and Danté‘s Inferno on the agenda. Favourite so far is a difficult choice, but I think I will never again see such a remarkable production of Macbeth as Robert Lepage‘s, which is set amidst a biker gang in the 1990s. ?❤️

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Ghost guest at banquet.
Only Macbeth sees Banquo.
Crown weighs heavy now.

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#macbeth

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#wash

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My absolute favorite Shakespeare #play!
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Act 5, Scene 8.

This was a quick and easy read. I fell back into reading Shakespeare like it was yesterday. I took a Shakespeare course in college and enjoyed it very much. This play wasn‘t included in my course so, of course, I had to read it. 👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have to break from the Bridgerton series. I‘m listening to it on hoopla and I‘ve reached my 10 book limit until next month. 🫤 I‘ve never read Macbeth before so I thought I‘d give it a try.

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I see TREASON, I think of Duncan's murder being discovered.

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1. Hands down, #1 is MACBETH, my favorite Shakespearean play.
2. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA; I was lucky enough to see it on Broadway many times.
3. LES MISERABLES ... also got to see on Broadway and in my good ol' hometown.

Everyone is welcome to c'mon and play! Tagging a few: @Eggs @TheSpineView @CBee @TheBookHippie @TheLudicReader ... and all Sherlockians! 🤩

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#PoetryMatters Day 14: #Toil

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My favorite MACBETH soliloquy.

I read this play in high school, and I liked how Macbeth‘s mental health slowly deteriorates. All of his decisions come back to haunt him (sometimes quite literally.) This was well written and I have good memories of acting this in class.

On Monday, I also walked along the Themse in Southwark and passed Shakespeare‘s Globe.

#london #sightseeing #bookish

Dare I suggest some FUN with MACBETH?

Click below, if interested.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vS9vlsRGx2r5Vh6HJz7HP7GhVr_rg-gH...

I can never get enough of this play and have taught it for years with my freshmen honors' students. As freshmen, they read Shakespeare's shortest play; as sophomores, they read HAMLET, his largest play (and magnum opus IMHO). I always thought of MACBETH as a precursor to HAMLET, and that's how I taught it. One of his darkest plays, and one perhaps to revisit during these turbulent times.

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Two Shakespeare covers from my office library, featuring orange covers!

#SinisterArt Day 13
Justifiably known for his work The Nightmare, an inspiration for fellow artists & writers, Henry Fuseli painted numerous works based on literature throughout his life. He created several from Macbeth including the one above of the The Three Weird Sisters. Interestingly enough, there are three different paintings of the above & it appears that art scholars agree that the pictured is a study for the following refined versions.

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Man Cub has a tennis tournament in Ludington (lovely city right on Lake Michigan) yesterday and afterwards my parents (mostly mom) went to a couple stores. I found this and another books in an Antique store.
I have another New Hudson Shakespeare that was my great grandmother‘s.

Helping my eldest with her GCSE revision for Eng lit. Really loved discussing this play, it's characterisations, themes, and historical context with her. Then we watched Joel Coen's The tragedy of Macbeth, which was magnificent.

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/tragedy-macbeth-forgoes-medieval-...

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView love seeing daily updates with questions.
1. I used to read classics but haven‘t gotten into lately. But been thinking about reading them again.
2. Gone With The Wind

I‘ll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hack‘d. Give me my armour.

I had a lot of fun reading this with my book club! I‘m always a fan of Shakespeare, especially with there‘s witch‘s and murder involved.

We also watched the new movie The Tragedy of Macbeth. Wow, that movie was visually stunning! Black and white, open and empty, diagonals and textures, it feels simple and complex at the same time. Definitely worth checking out!

By the pricking of my thumbs and whatnot

Did a quick reread so I could know what was going on for the movie….. honestly they need to show this in high school English classes from now on

3.5 stars
“something wicked this way comes”
The witches were definitely my favorite part, they decided they didn‘t want peace they wanted problems so that‘s what they did. I also loved how there was barely a sane person in this book, very relatable.
The plot really shows how far those who seek power for their own sake will go and the dangers of ambition so it was very interesting, super easy to read.

#shakespearereadalong I have been a terrible slacker the past few weeks due to travel, but on the plus side, I got to geek out over these pages from the first folio.

Finished act 1 and enjoyed it way more than i expected to. surprisingly i understood what was happening ☺️ still my favorite play by William Shakespeare

“something wicked this way comes”

#Purple must be one of the least frequently used colors in cover design. Nevertheless above are two books I love (the tagged *might* be my favorite Shakespeare) with purple covers.
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Picked this up for 25 cents the other day at a secondhand store. It has “Teacher Copy” written on it and it‘s full of annotations, so that‘s a plus. I‘ve got other things to read before I get to it though, so I guess I‘ll have to put it off until “tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow”. 😅

I've decided to join in on the #MayCharacters photo challenge! I've never participated in a photo challenge before but this one stood out to me and I think it will be fun 😊

Day 1: Murders - of course my first thought was Shakespeare! Macbeth is one of his most violent tragedies and the morality and guilt behind murdering is an important theme.

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Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches

First Witch When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Second Witch When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.

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"Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it." -- Quote From Macbeth.

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🤣🤣🤣

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Day 30: Fate

I wish Shakespeare had written a prequel to explain how Lady Macbeth became so violent. “Some witches told my husband he‘ll be king, OKAY IT‘S MURDER TIME, BITCH.” It‘s been over 20 years since I read this in high school but I still recalled so many lines & it was fun to come across them again. Love the commentary on the damage caused by lust for power, & the clever wordplay. Could stand to be a bit longer w/more depth, but still a fun one. 4/5 ⭐️

LADY MACBETH: Naught‘s had, all‘s spent,
Where our desire is got without content.
‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

MACBETH: False face must hide what the false heart doth know.