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GingerAntics
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GERONIMO IACHIMO!!! (The 11th Doctor‘s version of Allons-y Alonzo. lol)
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This would have been a fun little twist to this play for #Shakespearereadalong. The Doctor telling off Iachamo and then being teased by him.
#eleventhdoctor #davidtennant #TheShakespeareNotebooks #doctorwho #shakespeare #cymbeline

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GingerAntics
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Love this!!! Especially since #Cymbeline is the first play I read with #Shakespearereadalong!
#DoctorWho #Shakespeare

merelybookish 😀 Cymbeline was one of my fave reads! 5y
GingerAntics @merelybookish I really liked it, too. It‘ll be interesting to see what they‘ve done with it for this book. (edited) 5y
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readinginthedark Ah yes, the king who could defeat Roman forces but still chose to pay homage to them! That's a crazy but brilliant play. 6y
GingerAntics @readinginthedark that one always did blow my mind. No idea why he did that. Shakespeare had some fun with him, though. 6y
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Pickpick

Somehow, I didn't pick up that the ghosts in Cymbeline were Posthumus's parents and brothers. Maybe it was because I was reading so fast to catch up, but I could really dig into this play even more with this retelling in prose. I'll definitely be reading more from #davidbruce in the future. It's a great companion after having read the play itself. #cymbeline #shakespeare #shakespearereadalong

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Cymbeline | William Shakespeare
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GingerAntics
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This is still one of my favourite parts of this play.

If you have to tell people you're not a fool, Cloten, then you are. It's like class. If you have to say "I'm classy" (or wear "classy" on the arse of your track suit), you're not. #shakespeare #cymbeline #shakespearereadalong #davidbruce #cloten

readinginthedark 😂❤️ 7y
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GingerAntics
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Iachimo is even more of a jerk in this version than the original (or at least it's more clear how much a jerk he is).

The Queen I almost expect to cackle when she speaks.

I am absolutely adoring this take on #Cymbeline. The author has done a really good job of keeping as much of the original text as possible, while putting into prose, so it's just a bit clearer. #davidbruce #shakespeare #brucedavidbruce #shakespearereadalong

Jess_Read_This I felt the same way about the Queen while reading the original. I hope there was some well placed cackles when it was performed on stage. 7y
GingerAntics @Jess_Read_This I want to see a stage production just so I can see if they did! lol I found a movie version on Crackle, but movie versions are always hit or miss so I haven't watched it yet. 7y
Austen_Nerd love this version 7y
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readinginthedark Yes, he makes my skin crawl. In the version I saw, they made Cymbeline a female and changed her Queen to a King. He would look at the audience with a really evil gleam and a couple of times his mouth kind of twisted and there was some evil hand rubbing. It was 👌🏻 @Jess_Read_This 7y
GingerAntics @Austen_Nerd so do I. It's preserved a lot of the language, but I've picked up on so much more of the subtle nuances. 7y
GingerAntics @readinginthedark oh now that just sounds hilarious!!! 7y
readinginthedark It was perfect! And Cloten expressed himself very physically—spitting out words, stomping around, and occasionally hitting his chest with a fist—very appropriate! 7y
GingerAntics @readinginthedark that does sound perfect. 7y
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Since there is still time in the Cymbeline read-a-long, I thought I'd take this for a spin. I've never read this author before, but if the way he wrote his bio is any indication, it's going to be good!!! It's only about 250 pages, so it should be a quick little read, too. lol #davidbruce #cymbeline #shakespeare #brucedavidbruce #prose #verse #shakespearereadalong (sort of)

Jess_Read_This Looking forward to your review of it!! 7y
readinginthedark Interesting! 250 pages is not a short read for me 😆 but I like to read extra stuff with the plays, too! 7y
GingerAntics @readinginthedark let me rephrase, it's shorter than a lot of other supplemental/additional materials for Shakespeare plays. I've seen some of this stuff turn into absolute tomes. Sometimes I wonder how their own work ends up so drastically longer than the actual play. 7y
readinginthedark That‘s true! If you think about how many discussions we‘ve had over one line, though, I can see how these books would become so long. 7y
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GingerAntics
Cymbeline | William Shakespeare
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I love Shakespeare, so I'm definitely biased, but I loved this. It's not really a tragedy at all. In a rare turn for Shakespeare, there is a happy ending. I'm also biased because I love British history, so I love any play where Shakespeare took on the history of the British Isles. Big fan of this play, all the way around. #cymbeline #shakespeare #shakespearereadalong #act5 #scene4 #act5scene4 #readthis

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GingerAntics
Cymbeline | William Shakespeare
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"Stand, whose there" is the very first line of the version of Hamlet in the "bad" quarto. I totally geeked out when I saw it there in the middle of Act 5 Scene 3 of Cymbeline. #nerd #Hamletobsession #Hamlet #cymbeline #shakespeare #act5 #scene3 #act5scene3 #shakespearereadalong

readinginthedark I think the version I read combined elements from all three quartos—it had this line, too! 7y
GingerAntics @readinginthedark It was. The "bad" quarto has "Stand: who is that?" as the first line. The second quarto and first folio have "Who's there?" as the first line. Most modern translations are actually combinations of the three and supposedly wouldn't be unrecognisable to Shakespeare's audiences (so I am told). 7y
GingerAntics I'm not obsessed with Hamlet or anything, though. lol 7y
readinginthedark 😂Hey, Hamlet is a completely justifiable obsession! 7y
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