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By *uri00620 OP Woman
4 weeks ago

Croydon

Following the favourite lines from Shakespeare thread. Favourite character? I've been discussing this a lot today.

Iago- greatest and utterly unrepentant villain.

His wife Emilia - witty and often overlooked.

Malvolio - pompous and insufferable. Fun sponge. Legs look good in yellow stockings however

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By *hegentlemanbullMan
4 weeks ago

Southam

Polonius...crucial to all that flows around court, giver of sage advice to son, abject failure of father to Ophelia.

Dromio of E...loving, loyal, and willing to follow his master anywhere.

Dromio of S...ditto 😊

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By *eoBloomsMan
4 weeks ago

Springfield

Has to be Falstaff - imo he is Shakespeare's greatest creation.

I love Chimes at Midnight where he was played by Orson Welles, I think it's the best film adaption of Shakespeare.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
4 weeks ago

Wirral

Margaret of Anjou, turned into the she-wolf of France by Shakespeare's characterisation of her.

She's fascinating - politically savvy, domineering, ferociously intelligent, fearless and entirely unconcerned with adhering to the feminine norms of the era.

She was far more rounded in reality, and I find I prefer her as the Shakespeare character!

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By *uckboy786Man
4 weeks ago

London

'Palm to palm is true palmers' kiss.'

Maybe I'm just soft but I really do like Romeo and Juliet. I've not read or seen much Shakespeare but I quite like Ariel from The Tempest and the witches from Macbeth

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By *uri00620 OP Woman
4 weeks ago

Croydon

"Polonius...crucial to all that flows around court, giver of sage advice to son, abject failure of father to Ophelia.

Dromio of E...loving, loyal, and willing to follow his master anywhere.

Dromio of S...ditto 😊"

Polonius is interesting... agreed, a terrible father, full of vanity and self importance but yes crucial to the court's dynamics.

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By *eoBloomsMan
4 weeks ago

Springfield

His Cleopatra is the definitive version for me. It's wonderful to see played well.

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By *uri00620 OP Woman
4 weeks ago

Croydon

"His Cleopatra is the definitive version for me. It's wonderful to see played well."

Not one I know a huge amount about...I am generally a fan of the tragedies though so must make a point of investigating further!

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By *eoBloomsMan
4 weeks ago

Springfield

"His Cleopatra is the definitive version for me. It's wonderful to see played well.

Not one I know a huge amount about...I am generally a fan of the tragedies though so must make a point of investigating further!"

Not sure why but its not staged that often. It needs two very strong leads.

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By *uri00620 OP Woman
4 weeks ago

Croydon

"Margaret of Anjou, turned into the she-wolf of France by Shakespeare's characterisation of her.

She's fascinating - politically savvy, domineering, ferociously intelligent, fearless and entirely unconcerned with adhering to the feminine norms of the era.

She was far more rounded in reality, and I find I prefer her as the Shakespeare character!"

Agreed about Shakespeare's representation, ruthlessly tyrannical and influential. I love Lady Macbeth too for similar reasons much more than the Ophelias and Desdemonas in his works.

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By *idewillyMan
4 weeks ago

brighton

Would have to be Shakespeare sister stay a lot more mmmm and raunchy

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By *inkyycurvyyWoman
4 weeks ago

Manchester

I'd probably say Iago as I do love a villain, though Falstaff is also brilliant.

As a teen though I was absolutely obsessed with Harold Perrineau as Mercutio in Baz Lurman's R&J. Still probably one of my fave films, and deffo an iconic film of the 90s. The soundtrack 😍 the costumes 😍 just everything about it.

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By *ild_oatsMan
4 weeks ago

the land of saints & sinners

For me it has to be Ariel from The Tempest.

As fantasy featuring a magician, the offspring of a wicked witch, a possible trans spirit, d*unken conspirators, young lovers, and much more.

What more could you want from Shakespeare…

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By *rSircumsizedMan
4 weeks ago

Risca

I liked Puck, out of A Midsummer Nights Dream. It may have been something to do with my English Literature GCSEs, that I've chosen this pixie type character.

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By *ripfillMan
4 weeks ago

Paris, New York, Hong Kong and Havant

“ to drink the stale of horses “

Anthony and cleopatra … this always got me - tough Roman army centurion no water … drink horse urine - then fell headlong for cleopatra and the consequences which befell them both

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