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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
23 hours ago
A sepia still from an old film. On the left, a young woman wearing a cross between classical and Edwardian dress, a fitted, pleated tunic with bare arms. A young man wearing a short tunic over bare legs is kneeling in front of her, one arm outstretched, the other on his heart; she has her right hand on her heart. They're in front of a big tree with a double trunk.

A sepia still from an old film. On the left, a young woman wearing a cross between classical and Edwardian dress, a fitted, pleated tunic with bare arms. A young man wearing a short tunic over bare legs is kneeling in front of her, one arm outstretched, the other on his heart; she has her right hand on her heart. They're in front of a big tree with a double trunk.

Lysander: HELLO I LOVE YOU #MoonMad
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Something of a turnaround: Lysander (Maurice Costello) protests his passionate devotion to Helena (Julia Swayne Gordon) in the 1909 silent film of Dream. Such speaking gestures (who, ME?), such creaking knees. Happy Monday.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 day ago
A sepia still from a black and white film. In a woodland, in front of a big tree with a double trunk, a young man wearing a short Greek-style tunic and knee boots is looking back disdainfully at a young woman wearing a long sleeveless dress that looks like a cross between Edwardian and classical dress. Her arms are held up imploringly. Two other people are visible as if sleeping on the ground.

A sepia still from a black and white film. In a woodland, in front of a big tree with a double trunk, a young man wearing a short Greek-style tunic and knee boots is looking back disdainfully at a young woman wearing a long sleeveless dress that looks like a cross between Edwardian and classical dress. Her arms are held up imploringly. Two other people are visible as if sleeping on the ground.

Helena: I am as ugly as a BEAR!🐻 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Demetrius (Walter Ackerman) & a wonderfully droopy Helena (Julia Swayne Gordon) in the 1909 silent Dream dir. J. Stuart Blackton, Charles Kent. Filmed in a park in daylight, mostly in front of this tree.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 days ago
A photograph of a play in performance. A young person with blue hair, wearing blue baggy shorts with braces over a lighter shirt, with trainers, stands in the middle of the stage with their hands outstretched and lifted up, in profile. There's red lit dry ice at the back along the floor, and a spectacular arrangement of glowing lights like lanterns or glass marbles floating above in clusters and arches, mostly red with some yellow. There's a hologram-like effect over the actor's head, it looks like a dandelion only bright turquoise.

A photograph of a play in performance. A young person with blue hair, wearing blue baggy shorts with braces over a lighter shirt, with trainers, stands in the middle of the stage with their hands outstretched and lifted up, in profile. There's red lit dry ice at the back along the floor, and a spectacular arrangement of glowing lights like lanterns or glass marbles floating above in clusters and arches, mostly red with some yellow. There's a hologram-like effect over the actor's head, it looks like a dandelion only bright turquoise.

Puck: magic juice successfully applied to Athenian eyes ✅enter Helena & Demetrius, exit Demetrius👀 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Rosie Sheehy as Puck in the spectacular @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream 2024, dir. Eleanor Rhode, des. Lucy Osborne, lighting Matt Daw

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
3 days ago
A photograph of a character in a play. A young man kneeling; he's bare-chested, wearing dark trousers, and he has dark spiky hair. His left hand is raised and there are what look like 2 cartoon googly eyes in his hand. There's a silhouette of tree branches behind him.

A photograph of a character in a play. A young man kneeling; he's bare-chested, wearing dark trousers, and he has dark spiky hair. His left hand is raised and there are what look like 2 cartoon googly eyes in his hand. There's a silhouette of tree branches behind him.

Puck: what have we here?? it's the MEAN GUY! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Probably not this moment, but here's Dominic Cooper as a saturnine Puck @the-rsc.bsky.social 2002, dir. Richard Jones.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
4 days ago
A photograph of a play in performance. A y young woman with long curly dark hair, wearing a long white dress with green splodges down the front, with white shoes and white tights. She's dangling by her hands from a trapeze, against a white background.

A photograph of a play in performance. A y young woman with long curly dark hair, wearing a long white dress with green splodges down the front, with white shoes and white tights. She's dangling by her hands from a trapeze, against a white background.

Hermia to Lysander: nice try but NO. Love you!🥰 night night! #MoonMad
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One of the classic photos from the 1970 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Peter Brook: Hermia (Mary Rutherford) hanging from one of the iconic trapezes, central to Sally Jacobs's design.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
5 days ago
A photograph of a play in performance. On a white painted stage with vertical white boards at the back, a young man is sitting on the ground, making imploring gestures at the young woman who's kneeling on his legs. He's wearing a dark jacket and trousers, she's wearing a short dark skirt and a pale jumper. There are red flowers that look as if they've pushed up through the floor boards.

A photograph of a play in performance. On a white painted stage with vertical white boards at the back, a young man is sitting on the ground, making imploring gestures at the young woman who's kneeling on his legs. He's wearing a dark jacket and trousers, she's wearing a short dark skirt and a pale jumper. There are red flowers that look as if they've pushed up through the floor boards.

Lysander: I would never suggest anything improper!🫶CAN we, though? #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Lysander (Fergus O'Donnell) & Hermia (Catherine Kanter) in the 1999 Dream @the-rsc.bsky.social, dir. Michael Boyd; des. Tom Piper's flowers in the floor just visible.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
6 days ago
A photograph of a play in performance. A young woman in a black and white dress is sitting on the ground, leaning on her right arm; a young man wearing a cream jacket and pale trousers is leaning against her, embracing her in a would-be seductive fashion. There are suitcases to one side, and a line of dimly-lit people behind, each holding a lantern on a stick.

A photograph of a play in performance. A young woman in a black and white dress is sitting on the ground, leaning on her right arm; a young man wearing a cream jacket and pale trousers is leaning against her, embracing her in a would-be seductive fashion. There are suitcases to one side, and a line of dimly-lit people behind, each holding a lantern on a stick.

Lysander: we're lost! we can snuggle together! Hermia: I do NOT think so #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... Hermia (Sinead Keenan) & Lysander (Trystan Gravelle) watched by the production's ever-present fairies @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream 2005, dir Greg Doran. NB luggage

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
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Oberon enchants Titania! #MoonMad
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Oberon enchants Titania in two @the-rsc.bsky.social Dreams: Alan Howard (in purple) & Sara Kestelman, watched by John Kane's Puck in Sally Jacobs's glorious bower, dir. Peter Brook 1970; sinister silhouettes dir. Greg Doran 2005

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A photograph of a play in performance. A woman is curled up as if asleep on a big stretchy net with vine-like tendrils at its sides, which is suspended from above. People dressed as fairies with some elizabethan costume features, eg ruffs, are surrounding her.

A photograph of a play in performance. A woman is curled up as if asleep on a big stretchy net with vine-like tendrils at its sides, which is suspended from above. People dressed as fairies with some elizabethan costume features, eg ruffs, are surrounding her.

A photograph of a play in performance. A woman is asleep inside an enormous open umbrella, which is lined with bright pink silk and lots of pink cushions. There are people standing around her, and bright lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling.

A photograph of a play in performance. A woman is asleep inside an enormous open umbrella, which is lined with bright pink silk and lots of pink cushions. There are people standing around her, and bright lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling.

Lullaby time! bugs and reptiles avaunt! also hedgehogs 🚫🦔🐍🕷️ #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Titania (Marianne Oldham) sleeps in the 2023 Globe Dream, dir. Elle While, surrounded by her fairies; so does Stella Gonet @the-rsc.bsky.social 1994, dir. Adrian Noble.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A colour still from a television film. A beautiful woman in an off the shoulder white gown is lying on a bed, surrounded by children. One of them is showing her a book; another is brushing her long blonde hair. Some of them might have wings.

A colour still from a television film. A beautiful woman in an off the shoulder white gown is lying on a bed, surrounded by children. One of them is showing her a book; another is brushing her long blonde hair. Some of them might have wings.

Titania: lullaby time! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
I love the fairy bower in the 1981 BBC Shakespeare Dream, dir. Elijah Moshinsky: Titania (Helen Mirren) & her child fairies are gloriously lit, like a Victorian painting. I'm particularly fond of hairbrush fairy.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A colour still from a film. Two men are crouching down, as if hiding behind a bush or lying on grass. The man on the left has pointy ears and little horns; he's got a garland made of golden leaves and fruit over one shoulder. The man on the right has dark hair and a very nice nose, and no clothes are visible. He's holding a red flower. They're both looking intently at something out of frame to the left.

A colour still from a film. Two men are crouching down, as if hiding behind a bush or lying on grass. The man on the left has pointy ears and little horns; he's got a garland made of golden leaves and fruit over one shoulder. The man on the right has dark hair and a very nice nose, and no clothes are visible. He's holding a red flower. They're both looking intently at something out of frame to the left.

Oberon: go and play cupid! sort out the sad lady's love-life! careful, though! Puck: o-KAY #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Puck (Stanley Tucci) & Oberon (Rupert Everett) in the 1999 film of Midsummer Night's Dream, dir. Michael Hoffman. You're welcome.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A photograph of a character in a play. Dimly lit in blue/purple, half length, a man wearing a dark jacket shaped with lots of fine pleats into amazing geometrical shapes. He's looking as if he's plotting something, and he's clasping little white and purple flowers in his hands.

A photograph of a character in a play. Dimly lit in blue/purple, half length, a man wearing a dark jacket shaped with lots of fine pleats into amazing geometrical shapes. He's looking as if he's plotting something, and he's clasping little white and purple flowers in his hands.

Oberon: I'm going to give Titania NIGHTMARES! Puck: you're welcome, fine, no trouble at all #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Peter de Jersey's sinister Oberon in the 2008 revival @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Greg Doran (particularly good flowers, WONDERFUL coat).

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A photograph of a character in a play. A man wearing sparkly black trousers and a long black jacket with sparkly bits, over a bare chest. He has quite long hair and a short beard; he's got green eyeshadow all around his eyes. He's looking up out of frame and gesturing with his right hand.

A photograph of a character in a play. A man wearing sparkly black trousers and a long black jacket with sparkly bits, over a bare chest. He has quite long hair and a short beard; he's got green eyeshadow all around his eyes. He's looking up out of frame and gesturing with his right hand.

Helena: I can't help it! *runs after Demetrius* Oberon: I will HELP her! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Oberon (Jo Stone-Fewings) in the 2011 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Nancy Meckler. He's on Helena's side.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A photograph of a play in performance: a young man wearing chinos and a blazer, holding a walking stick, is leaning menacingly towards a young woman who is wearing a short dress, cardigan, and unsuitable shoes. It's nighttime; there's a moon in the background.

A photograph of a play in performance: a young man wearing chinos and a blazer, holding a walking stick, is leaning menacingly towards a young woman who is wearing a short dress, cardigan, and unsuitable shoes. It's nighttime; there's a moon in the background.

A black and white photo of characters in a play. A young woman wearing a long dark dress and a little hat is standing behind a young man, who is looking grumpy; he's wearing an elizabethan-style doublet and breeches in dark wool, and a hat with a feather. She's looking up at him imploringly.

A black and white photo of characters in a play. A young woman wearing a long dark dress and a little hat is standing behind a young man, who is looking grumpy; he's wearing an elizabethan-style doublet and breeches in dark wool, and a hat with a feather. She's looking up at him imploringly.

Helena: you're MEAN, Demetrius: I'm OFF #MoonMad
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L, 2008 revival of @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream dir. Greg Doran, Demetrius (Edward Bennett) & Helena (Natalie Walter); R, more restrained: 1963 RSC, dir. Peter Hall, Helena (Diana Rigg) & Demetrius (Barry MacGregor)

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a character in a play. Against a dark background, half length, a young man with a short beard; he's speaking and pointing with his right hand out of frame. He's wearing a blue shirt, dark trousers, and red braces, with a dark tie' there's some mud down his front and on his cuffs.

A photograph of a character in a play. Against a dark background, half length, a young man with a short beard; he's speaking and pointing with his right hand out of frame. He's wearing a blue shirt, dark trousers, and red braces, with a dark tie' there's some mud down his front and on his cuffs.

Helena: I'm not alone, you're here! Demetrius: doesn't mean you're safe #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Probably slightly later in the action, but never mind: here's Demetrius (Alex Hassell: fascinating career trajectory!) @the-rsc.bsky.social 2011 dir. Nancy Meckler

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a play in performance. Half length, against a dark background, a young woman wearing a beige cardigan with a crochet trim, her hair up messily, is being yelled at by a young man wearing a neat grey suit, collar and tie, with a big pocket square. He's getting right into her face and she looks distressed. Behind her, apparently invisible, is a tall man with bleached cropped hair and long locks at the back, wearing a fantastical brown jacket that looks like leaves, over a bare chest.

A photograph of a play in performance. Half length, against a dark background, a young woman wearing a beige cardigan with a crochet trim, her hair up messily, is being yelled at by a young man wearing a neat grey suit, collar and tie, with a big pocket square. He's getting right into her face and she looks distressed. Behind her, apparently invisible, is a tall man with bleached cropped hair and long locks at the back, wearing a fantastical brown jacket that looks like leaves, over a bare chest.

Demetrius to Helena: I HATE you! but there's no-one here to hear you scream #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Oberon (Joe Dixon) looks on with distaste as Demetrius (Oscar Pearce) threatens Helena (Caitlin Mottram) in the 2005 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream dir. Greg Doran

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a play in performance: a man wearing a black military style jacket with lots of silver braid, with punky hair in a quiff and smoky black eye shadow is leaning on his elbow, fingers in his mouth, looking at a young woman who is crouching beside him on the ground. She's wearing a white shirt with a frill around the neckline, shite jeans, and trainers. She doesn't seem to be able to see him.

A photograph of a play in performance: a man wearing a black military style jacket with lots of silver braid, with punky hair in a quiff and smoky black eye shadow is leaning on his elbow, fingers in his mouth, looking at a young woman who is crouching beside him on the ground. She's wearing a white shirt with a frill around the neckline, shite jeans, and trainers. She doesn't seem to be able to see him.

Helena: I am your SPANIEL Demetrius! 🙄 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Invisible Oberon (Andrew Richardson) & Helena (Boadicea Ricketts) @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream 2024, dir. Eleanor Rhode. (I propose that all S's young lovers would feel better if they packed snacks.)

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a play in performance: on a white floor, a young man with dark hair is lying as if pinned to the ground by the young woman who's partly lying on top of him. She wears white shoes, a long white dress with a split up the side, long sleeves, and pink and orange splodges on the top and sleeves, and she has long straight dark hair; he wears white trousers, bare feet, and a blue shirt that looks as if it's patterned with clouds.

A photograph of a play in performance: on a white floor, a young man with dark hair is lying as if pinned to the ground by the young woman who's partly lying on top of him. She wears white shoes, a long white dress with a split up the side, long sleeves, and pink and orange splodges on the top and sleeves, and she has long straight dark hair; he wears white trousers, bare feet, and a blue shirt that looks as if it's patterned with clouds.

Helena: I can't HELP it! #MoonMad
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I've been looking forward to posting this wonderful image of two LEGENDS, in the 1970 Peter Brook Dream @the-rsc.bsky.social: Helena (Frances de la Tour), Demetrius (Ben Kingsley) & a lovely view of Sally Jacobs's costumes.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a character in a play. 3/4 length, a young man wearing white jeans, with a short-sleeved v-necked dark jumper over a pale polo shirt. His hands are in his pockets and he looks cross and a bit sinister. He's standing in front of a wooden pillar with candles attached to it.

A photograph of a character in a play. 3/4 length, a young man wearing white jeans, with a short-sleeved v-necked dark jumper over a pale polo shirt. His hands are in his pockets and he looks cross and a bit sinister. He's standing in front of a wooden pillar with candles attached to it.

Demetrius: go AWAY! I HATE you this is STUPID where is HERMIA? #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Lou Jackson as a particularly sulky, sinister Demetrius in the Headlong Dream, dir. Holly Race Roughan, which played in the Wanamaker winter 2025-6

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A frame from a cartoon. There's a night sky with yellow stars in the background, and it's framed on all sides by dark green leaves. In the middle is a man wearing sort of Elizabethan dress, in green and yellow; his boots and sleeves and front are also made out of green leaves, and he has spiky green hair and beard.

A frame from a cartoon. There's a night sky with yellow stars in the background, and it's framed on all sides by dark green leaves. In the middle is a man wearing sort of Elizabethan dress, in green and yellow; his boots and sleeves and front are also made out of green leaves, and he has spiky green hair and beard.

Oberon: I have a DASTARDLY PLAN and also will now GO INVISIBLE to do some eavesdropping #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
In the 1992 Animated Tales Dream, Oberon (voiced by Daniel Massey) could actually become invisible, melding with the trees; a rather lovely effect.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A black and white photograph of a character in a a play. Head and shoulders, a man looking up to his right and grinning. He's wearing a body suit covered with small pieces of cloth fringed to look like round feathers, and he has a headdress and makeup that makes him look like an owl, with tufty ears.

A black and white photograph of a character in a a play. Head and shoulders, a man looking up to his right and grinning. He's wearing a body suit covered with small pieces of cloth fringed to look like round feathers, and he has a headdress and makeup that makes him look like an owl, with tufty ears.

Oberon has a PLAN (magic flower!) so Puck has a MISSION (supersonic flight!) #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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A lovely owlish Puck: David O'Brien @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream 1954, dir. George Devine, des. Motley🌟 (Elizabeth Montgomery, Percy Harris, Sophia Harris)

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
3 weeks ago
A photograph of a character in a film. Head and shoulders, a young man with chiselled features; some drapery is visible on his left shoulder but his right is bare, and he has gold tiara-like spikes in his hair. He's standing against an ornate stone background.

A photograph of a character in a film. Head and shoulders, a young man with chiselled features; some drapery is visible on his left shoulder but his right is bare, and he has gold tiara-like spikes in his hair. He's standing against an ornate stone background.

The same man lying on his arms on the ground, as if in a forest, looking sulky and intense.

The same man lying on his arms on the ground, as if in a forest, looking sulky and intense.

Oberon: I saw Cupid loose his arrow! but he missed.... 🏹 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
It's Monday morning in a never-ending February so please enjoy Rupert Everett as Oberon in the 1999 film of Dream, dir. Michael Hoffmann.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
3 weeks ago
A frame from a cartoon of Midsummer Night's Dream. On the left a figure with a round yellow face, with purple hair, wearing a pink, purple, and green outfit that is sort of Elizabethan, with breeches etc. His hat is pink with a feather. He's sitting next to a larger figure with a green face and dark green spiky hair and beard, also wearing a green and yellow Elizabethan outfit, which seems partly made out of leaves. The background is a dark forest.

A frame from a cartoon of Midsummer Night's Dream. On the left a figure with a round yellow face, with purple hair, wearing a pink, purple, and green outfit that is sort of Elizabethan, with breeches etc. His hat is pink with a feather. He's sitting next to a larger figure with a green face and dark green spiky hair and beard, also wearing a green and yellow Elizabethan outfit, which seems partly made out of leaves. The background is a dark forest.

Oberon: REVENGE! Do you remember hearing that mermaid? #MoonMad
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
There are many cool, interesting things about the Animated Tales Dream (1992) but Puck (L), who tips over from psychedelic to hallucinogenic, not in a good way, is not one of them. Here with Oberon.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
3 weeks ago
A still from a TV film. Dimly lit from the left, a woman with long blonde hair, wearing a thin draped white dress and crystal necklace, is holding a toddler in her arms. There are other children clustered around her.

A still from a TV film. Dimly lit from the left, a woman with long blonde hair, wearing a thin draped white dress and crystal necklace, is holding a toddler in her arms. There are other children clustered around her.

A wider shot of the woman in the same TV film. She's speaking to someone out of shot and up to the left, with the children huddling close; they're standing in what looks like a woodland grove, at night.

A wider shot of the woman in the same TV film. She's speaking to someone out of shot and up to the left, with the children huddling close; they're standing in what looks like a woodland grove, at night.

Titania: I promised his mum I'd look after her little boy! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
Helen Mirren as Titania in the 1981 BBC Shakespeare Dream, dir. Elijah Moshinsky. Her fairies were all children; film allowed the changeling boy to be a real, sleepy toddler.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
3 weeks ago
A photograph of a play in performance: dimly lit, a woman wearing a fantastical ballet-style long dress, with a blue and purple skirt and a heavily beaded bodice. A man wearing a long glittering coat has his back to the camera.

A photograph of a play in performance: dimly lit, a woman wearing a fantastical ballet-style long dress, with a blue and purple skirt and a heavily beaded bodice. A man wearing a long glittering coat has his back to the camera.

The same couple in a long shot, dimly lit.

The same couple in a long shot, dimly lit.

The same couple, side by side; her bodice is covered with diamanté and sparkle, and he is wearing more cloth of gold under his glittering coat.

The same couple, side by side; her bodice is covered with diamanté and sparkle, and he is wearing more cloth of gold under his glittering coat.

Titania: this is my friend's little boy, I can't give him up! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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A beautiful C19 Dream @the-rsc.bsky.social 1981, dir. Ron Daniels des. Maria Björnson: Juliet Stevenson as a dark fairytale Titania, Mike Gwilym as Oberon.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
3 weeks ago
A photograph of a play in performance. A young woman with long dark hair stands with her right arm around a child, who looks about 10. He's wearing orange silk trousers with a pale pink/gold knee-length wrap over the top, and his chest is bare. She's wearing knee-length bright orange dhoti-style trousers, with a green/blue panel between her legs, and matching detached sleeves, and a corset-style top with an orange bustier and yellow/green front with lacing. She has bare feet, and they're standing on sand.

A photograph of a play in performance. A young woman with long dark hair stands with her right arm around a child, who looks about 10. He's wearing orange silk trousers with a pale pink/gold knee-length wrap over the top, and his chest is bare. She's wearing knee-length bright orange dhoti-style trousers, with a green/blue panel between her legs, and matching detached sleeves, and a corset-style top with an orange bustier and yellow/green front with lacing. She has bare feet, and they're standing on sand.

Titania: this is ALL our fault, we're TERRIBLE parents; Oberon: so give me the child; Titania: NO, NEVER #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Titania (Archana Ramaswamy) and the child (Ram Pawar) in the 2006 DASH Arts / @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Tim Supple

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A photograph of a play in performance. Half length, dimly lit, a woman with long dark hair is holding a small white bundle like a baby in her arms. She's wearing a dark sleeveless dress and has leaves in her hair. Beside her there's a thin upright with twining flowers and leaves around it, and there are branches silhouetted behind.

A photograph of a play in performance. Half length, dimly lit, a woman with long dark hair is holding a small white bundle like a baby in her arms. She's wearing a dark sleeveless dress and has leaves in her hair. Beside her there's a thin upright with twining flowers and leaves around it, and there are branches silhouetted behind.

Titania: everything's just so messed up, the weather, the seasons... #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Titania (Pippa Nixon), the changeling boy a babe in arms here, in the 2011 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Nancy Meckler, des. Katrina Lindsay.

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Hester L-J
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A photograph of a play in performance. Half length, a man and a woman are standing close, looking at each other. His left hand is on her chest and his right hand is raised as if he might hit her. Her right hand is on his left hand. She's wearing an Elizabethan style bodice with short fur sleeves, and a tiara made of twigs' he's wearing a grey coat with a rough grey fur collar.

A photograph of a play in performance. Half length, a man and a woman are standing close, looking at each other. His left hand is on her chest and his right hand is raised as if he might hit her. Her right hand is on his left hand. She's wearing an Elizabethan style bodice with short fur sleeves, and a tiara made of twigs' he's wearing a grey coat with a rough grey fur collar.

Titania: everything is damp, damp to the very bones🌧️ #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Titania (Michelle Terry) & Oberon (John Light) in a particularly beautiful Globe Dream in 2013, dir. Dominic Dromgoole. (Feat. brilliant Pearce Quigley as Bottom. More of that anon.)

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A black and white photograph of a play in performance. A woman with short spiky hair has her back to the camera; she's wearing tight laced trousers and a sort of cape with flowers appliquéd onto it, 3D; her midriff is bare. She's fighting with a man who is bare chested, wearing very skimpy shorts and a necklace, with a headband and long dark curly hair. He has his right hand on her shoulder.

A black and white photograph of a play in performance. A woman with short spiky hair has her back to the camera; she's wearing tight laced trousers and a sort of cape with flowers appliquéd onto it, 3D; her midriff is bare. She's fighting with a man who is bare chested, wearing very skimpy shorts and a necklace, with a headband and long dark curly hair. He has his right hand on her shoulder.

Titania: you LIAR! #MoonMad
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Titania's 'ringlets' are circle dances but one might be forgiven for thinking otherwise, looking at this pic from @the-rsc.bsky.social 1977 Dream. Titania (Marjorie Bland) & Oberon (Patrick Stewart) dir John Barton des John Napier.

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Text of poem reads: & Forgive us our trespasses. Of which the first is love. The sad, unrepeatable fact that the loves we shouldn’t foster burrow faster and linger longer than sanctioned kinds can. Loves that thrive on absence, on lack of return, or worse, on harm, are unkillable, Father. They do not die in us. And you know how we’ve tried. Loves nursed, inexplicably, on thoughts of sex, a return to touched places, a backwards glance, a sigh— they come back like the ride. They are with us at the terminus when cancer catches us. They have never been away. Forgive us the people we love—their dragnet influence. Those disallowed to us, those who frighten us, those who stay on uninvited in our loves and every night revisit us. Accept from us the inappropriate by which our dreams and daily scenes stay separate.

Text of poem reads: & Forgive us our trespasses. Of which the first is love. The sad, unrepeatable fact that the loves we shouldn’t foster burrow faster and linger longer than sanctioned kinds can. Loves that thrive on absence, on lack of return, or worse, on harm, are unkillable, Father. They do not die in us. And you know how we’ve tried. Loves nursed, inexplicably, on thoughts of sex, a return to touched places, a backwards glance, a sigh— they come back like the ride. They are with us at the terminus when cancer catches us. They have never been away. Forgive us the people we love—their dragnet influence. Those disallowed to us, those who frighten us, those who stay on uninvited in our loves and every night revisit us. Accept from us the inappropriate by which our dreams and daily scenes stay separate.

Easy to laugh at Helena and the rest in Midsummer Night's Dream #MoonMad. But - on this day - here's Sinéad Morrissey's & Forgive us our trespasses (from Parallax, Carcanet, 2013), which I've long loved. (Partly prompted by finishing Sarah Perry's beautiful Enlightenment, SO good on the unrequited.)

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