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ChaoticMissAdventures
Much Adoe about Nothing | William Shakespeare
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I could have caught up on the #CampLitsy25 read for discussion, but instead I went to a local OPS showing of the tagged. The actors do things as close to Shakespeare's days as they can - they do not rehearse, carry scrolls with their lines and cues, gender bend (but this is PDX so don't we all normally?), They also have a guy with a whistle who calls our lines when needed and stops everything when a plane goes overhead.

Blueberry Sounds like fun. 7d
Suet624 Fantastic! 5d
DebinHawaii That sounds like so much fun! 😆 4d
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Mattsbookaday
Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare
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Mehso-so

The Winter‘s Tale, by William Shakespeare (ca. 1610)
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Premise: A paranoid tyrant destroys his family and friendships, but everything works out in the end.

Review: I‘m slowly working my way through Shakespeare‘s catalog, and have to say this was my least favourite so far. The plot depends on a wholly unmotivated turn by a main character, whip then disappears for the meat of his narrative arc, only to reappear in time for a happy ending. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday This means that we don‘t get to witness his character development, how he came to his repentance and grief over his actions and therefore narratively earn his happy ending. Shakespeare is Shakespeare, and there are some truly lovely speeches in here, as well as some fun comedic relief. But as a play, this didn‘t really cohere and so fell a bit flat for me. 2w
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kspenmoll
King Lear | William Shakespeare
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The perfect night! No stars because the lawn performance we saw began at 5:30. But the evening was lovely- low 80s, breezy, sun with billowy clouds.This summer event has become a tradition for my former, several years retired, HS English co-teacher & me. We each brought picnic food to share & caught up with each other during intermission. 💜💜💜

Ruthiella What fun! 🤩 2w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳💝💝💝. 2w
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LiseWorks
Picnic | William Inge
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#JulyJazz Picnic So Happy Together by The Turles love this song @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

tpixie Love this song! 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Ear worm 🐛 🎵 ❤️ 2w
Eggs 🎶I think about you day and night….🎶 2w
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TheLudicReader
Cleansed | Sarah Kane
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#serenesaturdays @TheBookHippie

Tunes blasting, cleaning house (purging and getting in all the nooks and crannies) is oddly satisfying and calming.
Weird, right?

Sace Nope. Not weird. Cleaning soothes me too. I can‘t control much, but I can control the clutter, dust and mess. 2w
Aims42 Not weird at all! It‘s so satisfying seeing the before and after of a deep cleaning session 🤗🧼🫧✨ 2w
TheBookHippie I love it too!!!! 🫧🧹🧽🧼 2w
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Cuilin So calming, especially the part at the end when you light the candle and enjoy your newly cleaned, organized space. 🕯️✨ 2w
TheLudicReader @Sace @Aims42 & @TheBookHippie you are clearly my people. 2w
dabbe 💙🩵💙 2w
TheLudicReader @Cuilin it is very satisfying. 😁 2w
ShelleyBooksie It's so satisfying!!! 2w
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Lcsmcat
The Winters Tale | William Shakespeare
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Tickets to see A Winter‘s Tale at Blackfriars tonight. I‘m dying to see how they do the bear! 🐻

Andrea313 Enjoy! ❤️🐻 2w
Sparklemn Jealous! 💚 (edited) 2w
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StaceGhost Yay! My friend is a member of the Virginia Blackfriars rep 2w
Lcsmcat @StaceGhost Cool! It was an excellent performance. Did they have a role last night? 2w
StaceGhost @Lcsmcat no, he‘s on vacation. But he directed a version of winters tale once and it was really good. I bet their show was better but I won‘t tell him that! How did they do the bear? 2w
Lcsmcat @StaceGhost It‘s hard to describe, but several cast members had furry brown hoodies, and there was a bear head on a stick. They arranged themselves into a sort of bear shape with one holding the head. Then they broke apart and surrounded Antigonus (passing the head around amongst them) and dragged him offstage by his ankles. Visually more effective than that description. 🐻 2w
StaceGhost @Lcsmcat that‘s brilliant! And no your description was perfect lol 2w
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eeclayton
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Mehso-so

So I've just read the play from Mansfield Park 🤓

Short, quick paced, and easy to read, Lovers' Vows is an entertaining little play with some humour. I picked it up to gain a deeper understanding of Mansfield Park, and it will be valuable when thinking about role choices and relationships in the novel. However, I'm not sure the play would linger with me on its own merits.

#JaneAustenThenAndNow @Crinoline_Laphroaig

eeclayton Also, here's a somewhat long but fascinating analysis of the parallels between play and novel: https://www.reddit.com/r/janeausten/comments/l8ycmo/understanding_lovers_vows_th... in case anyone is interested in that rabbit hole 😁 2w
Crinoline_Laphroaig Ooh what a great idea! 2w
eeclayton @Crinoline_Laphroaig and it's very doable. A much smaller undertaking than reading Udolpho for Northanger Abbey! 😂 2w
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lil1inblue
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🩵 I love how my bestie and I fall into our old rhythms so easily.
🩵 Went thrifting with my bestie and scored The Complete Poems and Plays of TS Eliot for $2
🩵 GOOD TROUBLE
🩵 I'm so grateful for the litsy community. Y'all are so supportive and smart and amazing!
🩵 I'm grateful to myself this week for recognizing my limits AND taking steps to make sure I take time to rest. It's hard for me, and I'm proud of myself.
#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

ChaoticMissAdventures Resting is so hard. I went back to my therapist last month to have her help me. In this climate? Who is able?!? I hope you are successful in your steps to rest. 3w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝 Take good care of yourself 🙏🏼💝. 3w
Aims42 Such great joys!! 💛🧡🩷 3w
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kspenmoll So so glad you are working on taking care of you- stopping & resting & refreshing is so important! I have always had Friday after work as my rest night- shut out the world, read, reflect. The I could/can face whatever the weekend brought/brings. 3w
MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️❤️ 3w
Amiable 💙🩵💙 3w
lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures Right?!?! It's madness. 3w
lil1inblue @Aims42 Thanks! 🥰 3w
lil1inblue @kspenmoll Thank you! Your Friday night sounds like a brilliant plan. I may need to borrow that idea! 🥰🥰🥰 3w
dabbe What a F🤩B list! 💙🩵💙 3w
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nanuska_153
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Pickpick

A nice collection of Oscar Wilde's plays. The Importance of being Earnest is so funny, I laughed out loud more than once, the concept of Bunburying absolutely brilliant.Lady Windermere's fan was probably my favourite, less funny but the characters have a bit more flesh. Some characters and dialogues of A woman of no importance reminded me a bit too much of The Picture of Dorian Gray and felt like a re-read at times, but I really enjoyed the plot⬇️

nanuska_153 I liked An Ideal Husband although I found the resolution of the problems a bit forced, I read afterwards that Wilde struggled to find a solution for it and I think it shows. Salome was my least favourite, but I find Biblical themes and language exhausting, so it was never going to be for me. Really enjoyed all the plays overall, I will revisit them in the future, you just don't get tired of Wilde's intelligent dialogues. 3w
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LitsyEvents
A Midsummer-night's Dream | William Shakespeare
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Repost for @LunaKay

Hey Littens,

I hope the motivation to read some classics is not affected by the heat (at least over here in Germany it is very, very hot). 🥵🌴

For the 3rd quarter, we'll tackle some stage writing!

Grab some lemonade, enjoy and tag me in your posts!☀️🏖

#classicschallenge2025

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