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Lcsmcat

The Winters Tale | William Shakespeare

Tickets to see A Winter‘s Tale at Blackfriars tonight. I‘m dying to see how they do the bear! 🐻

Andrea313 Enjoy! ❤️🐻 2d

Chrissyreadit FUN! 2d

Sparklemn Jealous! 💚 (edited) 2d

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StaceGhost Yay! My friend is a member of the Virginia Blackfriars rep 2d

Lcsmcat @StaceGhost Cool! It was an excellent performance. Did they have a role last night? 2d

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? 2d

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. 🐻 2d

StaceGhost @Lcsmcat that‘s brilliant! And no your description was perfect lol 1d

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Mattsbookaday

Medea | Euripides

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Medea, by Euripides (431 BCE)
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Premise: Spurned princess Medea plots revenge upon her faithless lover Jason

Review: Euripides‘ plays have stood the test of time for a reason. They demonstrate a keen and nuanced understanding of the human psyche. Is Medea portrayed as a monster or as a sympathetic victim? ⬇️

Mattsbookaday The answer is yes and it‘s amazing how well that still comes across almost 2500 years later. Do yourself a favour and find a good translation and sink into it.

Bookish Pair: For a humorous take on an unlikely production of Euripides, Ferdia Lennon‘s Glorious Exploits (2024) 6d

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ncsufoxes

Hamilton: The Revolution | Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter

Last 4th of July one, because too good not to post

TheBookHippie 🤣💯💙 7d

Amiable I just watched the “Hamilton” movie again —figured it was an appropriate activity for tonight! 😄 7d

CBee NICE 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7d

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Deblovestoread Love! 7d

lil1inblue 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7d

AnnCrystal ✊🏼😂👌🏼💝. 7d

dabbe History has come full circle. 🎯🩵🎯 6d

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bibliothecarivs

A New History of Early English Drama | John D. Cox, David Scott Kastan

Recent acquisition for our personal library.

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nanuska_153

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays | Oscar Wilde

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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. 1w

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ncsufoxes

Hamilton: The Revolution | Lin-Manuel Miranda

#WDNCW that we don‘t celebrate the 4th. We never really have…Autistic child that hates fireworks. Also I do not feel very festive. I do not want to celebrate our forefathers (that came from immigrant families) as we are a nation of immigrants & we are currently deporting immigrants. None of the signers of the Declaration of Independence are Indigenous. Plus that the oppression & exploitation of others was used to build this country. No thanks

dabbe

ncsufoxes #ranttime #realhistory #honesthistory (edited) 1w

lil1inblue #hardsame 1w

CBee I feel you on all of this. I‘m going to try fireworks again with J and have his headphones on. We‘ll see. We‘ve avoided it the past few years for sure, but it‘s just us doing it so not one of the big shows (which I wouldn‘t want to go to anyway). Basically doing fireworks because we like them - not so much to celebrate. 1w

dabbe #truth Thanks for speaking your heart's truth. Hugs to your child, too. 💙✊🏻💙 1w

AnnCrystal @ncsufoxes👸👏🏼😉🙏🏼💝...may your and @CBee children both find calmness this July 4th 🫂💝. (edited) 1w

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LitsyEvents

A Midsummer-night's Dream | William Shakespeare

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

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2878745

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Beatlefan129

The House Is on Fire | Rachel Beanland

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The setting for this historical fiction novel was the Richmond, VA theater fire of 1811, which was the biggest tragedy of its day. I appreciate the author‘s research and her efforts to bring to life real people who were present at the time. Where she lost me is when she wrote characters from 1811 as if they had the opinions of people living in 2020. Even though I agree with their opinions, women in 1811 would not have talked or behaved that way.

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Lunakay

A Midsummer-night's Dream | William Shakespeare

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!☀️🏖

(It's so hot, I asked the AI to design a cool pic for us😂)#classicschallenge2025

Lunakay @LitsyEvents @Dilara @TheSpineView @BarbaraJean @AnishaInkspill @LapReader @AvidReader25 @BookBelle84 @Kristy_K 2w

Dilara Great! That should help me make some room on my TBR shelf...

(It's very hot in France too 🔥) 2w

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Pip2

Death of a Salesman (School & Library) | Arthur Miller

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Definitely displays what life can be when someone is not in tune with what is important in life. It‘s not about how much you make, or the prestige that one has, it‘s not about what others think about you, it‘s about close relationships with the people you love and fulfilling quality time and memories with them. Call off, turn off the television, go to the beach, and read a good book. Don‘t dwell on the past and enjoy the present.

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