Richard III in comic style, drawn by London illustrator John Aggs
(captions are mine, so please let me know if there are any mistakes!)
I really wish that someone would adapt this story into a full-fledged graphic novel: vibrant, dramatic, colourful, and epic. It would be such a pity if the most popular adaptation of our generation is left in the hands of Philippa Gregory…
OKAY SO
In honor of the Academy awards, reblog this before midnight tonight and I will draw you a dress based off of your blog theme.
(like this one, based off of mine!)
(sorry it’s a bit bad, I had to do it three times because I kept deleting it accidentally xP)
(Source: garish-and-green, via waitingforthelastcenturion)
Shakespeare plays and sonnets performed using 400-year-old Original Pronunciation.
This video demonstrates why historically informed performance can be so illuminating. Puns and lewd jokes, hidden in RP, leap out when performed in certain versions of OP. Rhymes that don’t work in RP, do in OP: love vs. prove, speak vs. break, etc. The ca. 1600 OP is so rich sounding; I would love to hear a production using it!
Original Pronunciation does make a lot of it make so much more sense…
(via penthesileas)
