the unfortunate lack of shakespeare musicals is so sad. there’s so much material there. So much public domain material.
thank you to Shaina Taub for adapting Twelfth Night and As You Like It, they’re both fantastic musicals and I highly recommend everyone listen to them if you haven’t already–
but we need someone out here adapting the tragedies too
also completely separate headcanon re:edmund trial by combat and the line about forgiving edgar if he’s noble–
I do believe that edmund’s kinda overjoyed at the opportunity to actually beat up a noble and get away with it.
the whole play he’s had to work with subterfuge as his primary weapon because there’s no other way for someone of his social status to safely fight the nobility.
but now he’s a noble. and he can, if he so desires, accept this duel and potentially harm a noble with little to no consequence.
so good for him, good for him :)
I fully understand why edmund/goneril is the more populare ship, but can I interest you in the beauty of edmund/regan
the second child. the overlooked child. who lashes out at the world that favors the eldest by default. neither get the benefits of being doted on as the youngest, as cordelia may have had many years ago, as a legitimate child may have had in the gloucester household–
even as regan openly displays more violence and anger than her sisters, she still can’t catch her father’s attention; he’s busy fixating on his firstborn who betrayed him. Betrayed him by not allowing him to keep one hundred knights in her house. he curses goneril’s name and forgets regan’s.
exactly like how gloucester is with edmund.
hamlet vs king lear
the one where everyone is not paranoid enough and the one where everyone is overly paranoid
can we please compare the duel at the end of hamlet with the duel at the end of king lear
-the person who issues the challenge is trying to avenge their father
-the person who accepts the challenge is begged not to accept it, but insists on fighting anyway
-objectively not a fair fight (rigged match/unidentified disguised opponent)
-someone gets poisoned and dies around the same time
im teaching hamlet rn to my 11th graders
and all of your comparisons are making me want to also teach them king lear which i simply. do not have time for.
it’s ok I think hamlet is the more important play for an 11th grade class to obsess over :)
I think the first time I got really into hamlet was around 11th grade
however– for me personally, I read hamlet in 12th grade english lit, and simultaneously read king lear in AP Lit– and somehow still didn’t make all these (seemingly obvious) comparisons until afterwards
[but if you actually want a way to teach both, I’d say the fastest and simplest solution is to read hamlet thoroughly in class, and then watch a production of king lear so you could make comparisons between the two]
THESE ECLIPSES DO PORTEND THESE DIVISIONS
would have been cooler if it were a day later to align with the ides of march
ok Im in the middle of taking an exam rn but who cares I gotta LearPost
oswald and edmund are friends. we already love edmund and curan. edmund and captain. edmund and everyone. let oswald be included in this.
cordelia could be so interesting if y'all would stop playing her as self-righteous
honestly as much as I’ve never seen a portrayal of any king lear character that I’ve been entirely satisfied with, I fully believe that a really talented and dedicated casting director and staging director would be able to pull it off
or in other words; please let me cast and direct a production of king lear,,,
me every time edmund says anything: So Right So True babe,, go destroy the english nobility <3 <3
every time I see a production of king lear that has edmund being a classic mustache-twirling evil-cackling villain it’s like.
no. you don’t get him. you don’t respect him. give my guy enough respect to not turn him into a cartoon villain. he’s got so much more going on.
