msdevindanielle:

“If he swagger, let him not come here. No, by my faith. I must live among my neighbors, I’ll no swaggers. I am in good name and fame with the very best. Shut the door, there comes no swaggerers here. I have not lived all this while to have swaggering now. Shut the door.” ~Mistress Quickly (Henry IV Part 2, II.iv)

Mrs. Weasley isn’t gonna take none of your swag.

Helena Bonham Carter, you are cool.

shakespearesenglish:

Where it’s found: Henry IV Part 2, Act II, Scene IV

How it’s used:

MISTRESS QUICKLY: If he swagger, let him not come here: no, by my
faith; I must live among my neighbours; I’ll no
swaggerers: I am in good name and fame with the
very best: shut the door; there comes no swaggerers
here: I…

alwaysiambic:

Trevor Nunn, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen go over the script for Nunn’s 1979 production of Macbeth.

lafemmeindienne:

lextempus:

lexcanroar:

every time

help I think I’m in love with Tina Fey’s daughter

Every time I see a questionable production with my friends, we always just say, “Choices were made.” It’s the most quietly damning phrase known to the Emerson community.

Who would have thought that Staunton, VA would produce some of the greatest productions of Shakespeare’s plays in the world. I’m not exaggerating. Get there as soon as you can. American Shakespeare Center for the win.

alwaysiambic:

Tom Hiddleston in Cymbeline (2007)

cineo:

I always thought it would be better, to be a fake somebody… than a real nobody. 

Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)