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When you see this on your flist, quote some Shakespeare.

The first thing we do, let's--

Richard loves Richard; that is, I and I.
Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am.
Then fly! What, from myself? Great reason why:
Lest I revenge. What, myself upon myself?
Alack, I love myself. Wherefore? For any good
That I myself have done unto myself?
O, no! Alas, I rather hate myself
For hateful deeds committed by myself.
I am a villain. Yet I lie. I am not.
Fool, of thyself speak well. Fool, do not flatter.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.

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No, but I have Clarence's monologue, which is slightly less exciting.

Oh I have passed a miserable night
So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights
That as I am a Christian faithful man I would not spend another such a night
Though t'were to buy a world of happy days
So full of dismal terror was the time.

Methoughts that I had broken from the tower
And was embarked to cross to Burgandy
And in my company my brother Gloucester,
Who from my cabin tempted me to walk
Upon the hatches...

I'm pretty good with the opening, too. And! I love Richard and Anne.

GLOUCESTER
Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

LADY ANNE
Villain, thou know'st no law of God nor man:
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.

GLOUCESTER
But I know none, and therefore am no beast.

LADY ANNE
O wonderful, when devils tell the truth!

...hahahahaha. No wonder I love Alan.

[bohemian--storm.livejournal.com]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I have the majority of Hamlet and Twelfth Night memorized.

Hahahaha, I saw William Hurt play Richard a few years ago. He was amazing, but the play itself was SO AWFUL. They tried to modernize it and at the end, some random guys in space suits came out with flamethrowers. It was the biggest 'wtf?' moment I have ever had.

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...*dies*

Ok, now you have me going through it. This is awesome.

LADY ANNE
He is in heaven, where thou shalt never come.

GLOUCESTER
Let him thank me, that holp to send him thither;
For he was fitter for that place than earth.

LADY ANNE
And thou unfit for any place but hell.

GLOUCESTER
Yes, one place else, if you will hear me name it.

LADY ANNE
Some dungeon.

GLOUCESTER
Your bed-chamber.

[bohemian--storm.livejournal.com]

Haha. Oh, man. I love that play so very much. I've never once seen it done well. Actually, you know what's really sad? The only Shakespeare I've ever seen done well was Hamlet.

With Keanu Reeves. Yeah.

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Pacino made a movie called Looking For Richard. It doesn't have the whole thing, but it's got a good cast. Kevin Spacey as Buckingham ♥

There's also the Ian McKellan version.

I've seen Hamlet with Campbell Scott! And I like Branagh's! Or did you mean live?

I definitely saw the '80s version of Romeo and Juliet where they were all slapping each other on the ass and wearing tight leather. Freshman year in HS.

[bohemian--storm.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I'll have to look for that.

And I love Branagh's Hamlet, but I'm talking about live. Apparently no one in Manitoba can pull off Shakespeare. It's really sad.

Hahaha, my favourite Shakespeare film version is the really bad Macbeth from the 70s with the naked witches. It's ridiculous.

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The Polanski one? I saw that. I think my class decided Banquo and Fleance were doing it.