Litsy

Hamlet | William Shakespeare

I saw part of the 1948 Olivier Hamlet last night, and it gave me the urge to reread this. It's been a few years, but it's one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. Nothing like a reread of an old favorite on a cold winter's night!

#Shakespeare #Literature #Hamlet

TheBookHippie My son is reading this in English currently. Had to dig mine out! 2d

GingerAntics 🧡🧡🧡 This is a fav of mine as well 2d

TiredLibrarian @TheBookHippie I first read it in HS too, and I liked it but didn't love it. I think I needed some more life experience to appreciate it. Funny how books can hit you differently depending on where you are in life when you read them! 1d

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TiredLibrarian @GingerAntics Glad you love it too! ❤️ 1d

TheBookHippie @TiredLibrarian oh I feel that way about so many books! 1d

GingerAntics @TiredLibrarian I have some rather unconventional ideas about this play. You have no idea… and they all stem from the “choose your own adventure” version of it. lol 1d

TiredLibrarian @GingerAntics I'm intrigued! 1d

GingerAntics @TiredLibrarian by the choose your own adventure version of Hamlet or my crazy musings? lol 23h

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dabbe

The Crucible | Arthur Miller

#FeelinTheLove
#illicitloveaffair
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Boy was this a powerful one to teach.

AmyG Such an amazing play. (edited) 2d

dabbe @AmyG IKR? And the movie with these two ⬆️ was astounding, too. 2d

kspenmoll Yes yes. We also take a trip to Salem MA to visit the memorial/grave site there. 2d

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dabbe @kspenmoll Wish we could have done that! 2d

Eggs Powerful🩷 2d

dabbe @Eggs 🩶💚🩶 1d

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JulietteReadsALot

Le Tartuffe | Jean-Baptiste Moliere

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This comedy, first performed in 1664, is a pleasure to read, especially Dorine's parts.
This play is very topical: a man, Tartuffe, an hypocritical devotee, manages to entirely manipulate another man, Orgon. Manipulation, credulity, blindness are common themes.
Highly recommend!

IMASLOWREADER one of my favorite reads 5d

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Eggs

Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare

In Ovid's "Metamorphoses," love and hate are deeply intertwined with the central theme of transformation. The plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pyramus&Thisbe)
and Romeo and Juliet (based on Metamorphoses) are more similar than they appear. Both, written at the same time, deal with forbidden romance and power and control. One play having a comedic end, while the other ends in tragedy, are partly the same tale with a different outcome.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs #LoveHatePairing #FeelingTheLove (edited) 6d

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JulietteReadsALot

Le Tartuffe | Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Morning read! Le Tartuffe by Molière. My French book club meets tomorrow, and as the organizer, of course I need to take notes ;)
First time reading this play, but I've seen it played (ages ago).

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Lunakay

Romeo and Juliet: Tragedies by William Shakespeare | Shakespeare

Happy Valentine's Day, dear Littens!

Since the Q1 theme is poetry, what better day to enjoy some sonnets or love poems! ❤️

How are the classics going for #classicschallenge 2025?

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Lunakay @Dilara @TheSpineView @BarbaraJean @AnishaInkspill @LapReader @AvidReader25 @BookBelle84 @Kristy_K 1w

Dilara Good idea!

I read the first (7th c.) written version of Majnun Leyla earlier this year. I still have two later versions (medieval + renaissance) in my To Read pile.
Right now, I am reading a Kazakh contemporary poetry anthology. I don't know if the poems count as “classics“. They might be too recent for that as they were all written in the 20th c. but some of the authors have been deemed “postal stamp worthy“.

Arabic Love Poetry from the Desert: Majnun Leyla, Arabic Text, Commentary and Translations

AvidReader25 I am in the middle of Swann‘s Way (my 1st Proust!) and finished The Pursuit of Love and Dickens‘ Hard Times. So far, so good! (edited) 5d

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Teresereading

Our Town (Revised) | Thornton Wilder

You are holding in your hands a great American play. (Foreword)
No curtain. (Act 1)
#firstlineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

TiredLibrarian Love this. ❤️ 1w

MaGoose It's been a LONG time since I've read this. 1w

TheLudicReader My favourite. 1w

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PuddleJumper

The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare

So this is based on Taming of the Shrew/10 Things I Hate About You ... I'm guessing loosely since it's about assassins

Do I keep this for October or binge watch immediately. That is the dilema

Zuhkeeyah Binge watch! 2w

PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah 🤣🤣 2w

janeycanuck Why not both?! 2w

PuddleJumper @janeycanuck Oh that's true! It's not finished yet so I could wait 2w

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dabbe

Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare