117 sats \ 2 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 17 Apr \ on: Shakespeare and Revenge BooksAndArticles
Love Titus -- Aaron is one of the truly great villains. I've been lucky enough to see it live twice, though the first time was also a first date, and it turns out the woman had not been aware of what she was in for. There was no second date there.
("Always choose a partner who enjoys the same level of gore in Shakespeare as you do" is a good philosophy.)
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @SilkyNinja OP 17 Apr
Who do you think is the greatest Shakespearean villain of all time?
Also, I don't know if you're familiar with it, but I recently was acquainted with Cymbeline. Online it's called a tragedy, but my Pelican Shakespeare calls it a comedy...(and it reads as a comedy).
Anyway, it's now one of my favorites and IMO highly underrated. It's got a little blood :)
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17 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 17 Apr
Hard to pick one, but Iago's got to be in any list.
I agree about Cymbaline -- it's complicated and witty, and like his other late plays, it straddles comedy, tragedy, and romance.
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