“Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,
And show the heavens more just.”
(“King Lear” 4.1)
🎨 Richard Westall “David Garrick as King Lear” (c 1815)
#shakespearesunday #shakespeareweek
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,
And show the heavens more just.”
(“King Lear” 4.1)
🎨 Richard Westall “David Garrick as King Lear” (c 1815)
#shakespearesunday #shakespeareweek
March 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,
And show the heavens more just.”
(“King Lear” 4.1)
🎨 Richard Westall “David Garrick as King Lear” (c 1815)
#shakespearesunday #shakespeareweek
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,
And show the heavens more just.”
(“King Lear” 4.1)
🎨 Richard Westall “David Garrick as King Lear” (c 1815)
#shakespearesunday #shakespeareweek
Book Cover of the Day: #ShakespeareWeek
March 29, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Book Cover of the Day: #ShakespeareWeek
‘Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head…
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee and for myself no quiet find.’ ~ Sonnet XXVII.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head…
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee and for myself no quiet find.’ ~ Sonnet XXVII.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
March 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
‘Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head…
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee and for myself no quiet find.’ ~ Sonnet XXVII.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head…
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee and for myself no quiet find.’ ~ Sonnet XXVII.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
‘From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April dress'd in all his trim…
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose…
Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play’ ~ Sonnet 98 #BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
When proud-pied April dress'd in all his trim…
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose…
Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play’ ~ Sonnet 98 #BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
March 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
‘From you have I been absent in the spring,
When proud-pied April dress'd in all his trim…
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose…
Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play’ ~ Sonnet 98 #BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
When proud-pied April dress'd in all his trim…
Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,
Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose…
Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away,
As with your shadow I with these did play’ ~ Sonnet 98 #BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
📚 #ShakespeareWeek Review 5: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Our final review is of These Violent Delights - a Romeo and Juliet retelling with rival gangs and enemies-to-lovers. What are your thoughts? ✨
Celebrate Shakespeare Week:
👉 https://ow.ly/QALX50YzE63
#BookReview #Hive
Our final review is of These Violent Delights - a Romeo and Juliet retelling with rival gangs and enemies-to-lovers. What are your thoughts? ✨
Celebrate Shakespeare Week:
👉 https://ow.ly/QALX50YzE63
#BookReview #Hive
March 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
📚 #ShakespeareWeek Review 5: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Our final review is of These Violent Delights - a Romeo and Juliet retelling with rival gangs and enemies-to-lovers. What are your thoughts? ✨
Celebrate Shakespeare Week:
👉 https://ow.ly/QALX50YzE63
#BookReview #Hive
Our final review is of These Violent Delights - a Romeo and Juliet retelling with rival gangs and enemies-to-lovers. What are your thoughts? ✨
Celebrate Shakespeare Week:
👉 https://ow.ly/QALX50YzE63
#BookReview #Hive
Did you know Shakespeare's 'Henry VI Part 2' was released before 'Henry VI Part 1'!
#DidYouKnow #Facts #Shakespeare #ShakespeareWeek #Theatre #Performance #History
#DidYouKnow #Facts #Shakespeare #ShakespeareWeek #Theatre #Performance #History
March 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Did you know Shakespeare's 'Henry VI Part 2' was released before 'Henry VI Part 1'!
#DidYouKnow #Facts #Shakespeare #ShakespeareWeek #Theatre #Performance #History
#DidYouKnow #Facts #Shakespeare #ShakespeareWeek #Theatre #Performance #History
#BookChatWeekly #GothicSpring #NationalReadingMonth #ShakespeareWeek #AncientSky #Book #BookSky #Literature #LiteratureSky #Fiction #FictionSky #Poetry #PoetrySky #Theatre #TheatreSky #Theater #TheaterSky #Shakespeare #ShakespeareSky #WilliamShakespeare #WilliamShakespeare #Tempest #Prospero
March 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.
Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies,
that’s for thoughts. . . .
There’s fennel for you, and columbines.
Hamlet, act 4, scene 5.
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat 🎨John Everett Millais
Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies,
that’s for thoughts. . . .
There’s fennel for you, and columbines.
Hamlet, act 4, scene 5.
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat 🎨John Everett Millais
March 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.
Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies,
that’s for thoughts. . . .
There’s fennel for you, and columbines.
Hamlet, act 4, scene 5.
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat 🎨John Everett Millais
Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies,
that’s for thoughts. . . .
There’s fennel for you, and columbines.
Hamlet, act 4, scene 5.
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat 🎨John Everett Millais
“Come hither, gracious sovereign, view this body.”
(“King Henry VI, Part II” 3.2)
🎨 Edward Austin Abbey (1891)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
(“King Henry VI, Part II” 3.2)
🎨 Edward Austin Abbey (1891)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
March 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Come hither, gracious sovereign, view this body.”
(“King Henry VI, Part II” 3.2)
🎨 Edward Austin Abbey (1891)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
(“King Henry VI, Part II” 3.2)
🎨 Edward Austin Abbey (1891)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
'Tyrants' fears decrease not,
but grow faster than the years'
- Pericles, act 1, sc.2
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
#NoKings
but grow faster than the years'
- Pericles, act 1, sc.2
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
#NoKings
March 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
'Tyrants' fears decrease not,
but grow faster than the years'
- Pericles, act 1, sc.2
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
#NoKings
but grow faster than the years'
- Pericles, act 1, sc.2
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
#NoKings
📚 #BookWormSat “If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.”
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5, Scene 1 🎭
With a final bow Puck reminds us it was all but a dream- where magic & mischief danced.
#ShakespeareWeek
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.”
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5, Scene 1 🎭
With a final bow Puck reminds us it was all but a dream- where magic & mischief danced.
#ShakespeareWeek
March 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
📚 #BookWormSat “If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.”
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5, Scene 1 🎭
With a final bow Puck reminds us it was all but a dream- where magic & mischief danced.
#ShakespeareWeek
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.”
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 5, Scene 1 🎭
With a final bow Puck reminds us it was all but a dream- where magic & mischief danced.
#ShakespeareWeek
📚 #BookWormSat 🎭
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
From entrances to exits, we each play our part in life’s great story. Shakespeare reminds us that every role—no matter how small—shapes the play.
✨ #ShakespeareWeek
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
From entrances to exits, we each play our part in life’s great story. Shakespeare reminds us that every role—no matter how small—shapes the play.
✨ #ShakespeareWeek
March 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM
📚 #BookWormSat 🎭
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
From entrances to exits, we each play our part in life’s great story. Shakespeare reminds us that every role—no matter how small—shapes the play.
✨ #ShakespeareWeek
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
From entrances to exits, we each play our part in life’s great story. Shakespeare reminds us that every role—no matter how small—shapes the play.
✨ #ShakespeareWeek
"O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer!
A brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her,
Dash'd all to pieces! "
(“Tempest”, 1.2)
🎨 John William Waterhouse “Miranda - The Tempest” (1916)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
A brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her,
Dash'd all to pieces! "
(“Tempest”, 1.2)
🎨 John William Waterhouse “Miranda - The Tempest” (1916)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
March 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
"O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer!
A brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her,
Dash'd all to pieces! "
(“Tempest”, 1.2)
🎨 John William Waterhouse “Miranda - The Tempest” (1916)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
A brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her,
Dash'd all to pieces! "
(“Tempest”, 1.2)
🎨 John William Waterhouse “Miranda - The Tempest” (1916)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
‘But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restor’d and sorrows end.’ ~ Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of #BookWormSat and our Bardish foray into #ShakespeareWeek
🖼️ The Sonnet, William Mulready, 1839.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of #BookWormSat and our Bardish foray into #ShakespeareWeek
🖼️ The Sonnet, William Mulready, 1839.
March 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
‘But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restor’d and sorrows end.’ ~ Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of #BookWormSat and our Bardish foray into #ShakespeareWeek
🖼️ The Sonnet, William Mulready, 1839.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of #BookWormSat and our Bardish foray into #ShakespeareWeek
🖼️ The Sonnet, William Mulready, 1839.
‘(F)or the poor wren, the most diminutive of birds, will fight, her young ones in her nest, against the owl.’ ~ Shakespeare,
Macbeth, Act IV, Sc 2.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
Macbeth, Act IV, Sc 2.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
March 28, 2026 at 1:37 PM
‘(F)or the poor wren, the most diminutive of birds, will fight, her young ones in her nest, against the owl.’ ~ Shakespeare,
Macbeth, Act IV, Sc 2.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
Macbeth, Act IV, Sc 2.
#BookWormSat #ShakespeareWeek
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ First Witch: When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch: When the hurly-burly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun. ❞
(Act 1 Scene 1, Macbeth)
🎬 Hocus Pocus, 1993
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ First Witch: When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch: When the hurly-burly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun. ❞
(Act 1 Scene 1, Macbeth)
🎬 Hocus Pocus, 1993
March 28, 2026 at 12:36 PM
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ First Witch: When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch: When the hurly-burly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun. ❞
(Act 1 Scene 1, Macbeth)
🎬 Hocus Pocus, 1993
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ First Witch: When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch: When the hurly-burly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun. ❞
(Act 1 Scene 1, Macbeth)
🎬 Hocus Pocus, 1993
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. ❞
(Fairy, Act 2 Scene 1, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
🖼️ Pink Tulip, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1926
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. ❞
(Fairy, Act 2 Scene 1, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
🖼️ Pink Tulip, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1926
March 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. ❞
(Fairy, Act 2 Scene 1, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
🖼️ Pink Tulip, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1926
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ I must go seek some dewdrops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. ❞
(Fairy, Act 2 Scene 1, A Midsummer Night's Dream)
🖼️ Pink Tulip, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1926
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. ❞
(Benedick, Act 5 Scene 2, Much Ado About Nothing)
🖼️ Ashes, Edvard Munch, 1895
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. ❞
(Benedick, Act 5 Scene 2, Much Ado About Nothing)
🖼️ Ashes, Edvard Munch, 1895
March 28, 2026 at 11:56 AM
#BookWormSat
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. ❞
(Benedick, Act 5 Scene 2, Much Ado About Nothing)
🖼️ Ashes, Edvard Munch, 1895
#ShakespeareWeek
❝ Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. ❞
(Benedick, Act 5 Scene 2, Much Ado About Nothing)
🖼️ Ashes, Edvard Munch, 1895
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!"
(Macbeth, 5.5)
🎨 Rossetti "The Death of Lady Macbeth"(1875)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!"
(Macbeth, 5.5)
🎨 Rossetti "The Death of Lady Macbeth"(1875)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
March 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!"
(Macbeth, 5.5)
🎨 Rossetti "The Death of Lady Macbeth"(1875)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!"
(Macbeth, 5.5)
🎨 Rossetti "The Death of Lady Macbeth"(1875)
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
Thomas Skelton, court jester at Muncaster Castle. He was known as Tom Fool and was responsible for the phrase “tomfoolery”. It's said he was the inspiration behind the joker in King Lear
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District' by Stephen G. Rae
folklorepress.co.uk
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District' by Stephen G. Rae
folklorepress.co.uk
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
March 28, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Thomas Skelton, court jester at Muncaster Castle. He was known as Tom Fool and was responsible for the phrase “tomfoolery”. It's said he was the inspiration behind the joker in King Lear
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District' by Stephen G. Rae
folklorepress.co.uk
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
more: 'Folklore of the Lake District' by Stephen G. Rae
folklorepress.co.uk
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
'Macbeth' was cursed from the beginning, a coven of witches objected to the using of real incantations, so they put a curse on the play. In Scots lore the witches were fairies.
more in: 'Folklore of Scotland'
folkloreofscotland.com
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat
art: Daniel Gardner
more in: 'Folklore of Scotland'
folkloreofscotland.com
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat
art: Daniel Gardner
March 28, 2026 at 7:43 AM
'Macbeth' was cursed from the beginning, a coven of witches objected to the using of real incantations, so they put a curse on the play. In Scots lore the witches were fairies.
more in: 'Folklore of Scotland'
folkloreofscotland.com
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat
art: Daniel Gardner
more in: 'Folklore of Scotland'
folkloreofscotland.com
#ShakespeareWeek #BookWormSat
art: Daniel Gardner
Adam Bell, known as the 'Robin Hood of the North' 🏹
Lived in Inglewood Forest and thought to be the 'Adam' in 'Much Ado About Nothing'
more: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
art: Richard Dadd
Lived in Inglewood Forest and thought to be the 'Adam' in 'Much Ado About Nothing'
more: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
art: Richard Dadd
March 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Adam Bell, known as the 'Robin Hood of the North' 🏹
Lived in Inglewood Forest and thought to be the 'Adam' in 'Much Ado About Nothing'
more: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
art: Richard Dadd
Lived in Inglewood Forest and thought to be the 'Adam' in 'Much Ado About Nothing'
more: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#bookwormsat #shakespeareweek
art: Richard Dadd
March 28, 2026 at 6:32 AM
March 28, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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