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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
13 hours ago
A photograph of a play in performance. Dimly lit, in the middle is a man kneeling; he's wearing old jeans and a dark top, with an outside, realistic donkey head. He's surrounded by people wearing messy dark clothes; they're holding old dolls, some of them with wings.

A photograph of a play in performance. Dimly lit, in the middle is a man kneeling; he's wearing old jeans and a dark top, with an outside, realistic donkey head. He's surrounded by people wearing messy dark clothes; they're holding old dolls, some of them with wings.

Titania: make him feel WONDERFUL! #MoonMad
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Bottom (Malcolm Storry) & fairies: Greg Doran's @the-rsc.bsky.social 2005 production used puppets & dolls as well as human actors with lanterns, a gloriously messy, goth, punk fairytale look, des. Stephen Brimson-Lewis.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 day ago
A photograph of a play in performance. In the front is a large man wearing dark trousers and a white undershirt, a flying helmet with goggles and large donkey ears. He's standing in front of a group of people some of whom have coloured hair or funny hats, his arms outstretched; a blonde woman wearing a long pink dress is behind him.

A photograph of a play in performance. In the front is a large man wearing dark trousers and a white undershirt, a flying helmet with goggles and large donkey ears. He's standing in front of a group of people some of whom have coloured hair or funny hats, his arms outstretched; a blonde woman wearing a long pink dress is behind him.

The same group of people, but the man is now standing in an enormous upturned umbrella, lined with pink. He's holding on to the handle and the blonde woman is kneeling beside him with her arms outstretched, her back to the camera. Everyone is smiling.

The same group of people, but the man is now standing in an enormous upturned umbrella, lined with pink. He's holding on to the handle and the blonde woman is kneeling beside him with her arms outstretched, her back to the camera. Everyone is smiling.

Titania: FAIRIES! Fairies: READY! #MoonMad
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Dream @the-rsc.bsky.social 1994, dir. Adrian Noble. Titania (Stella Gonet) and her fairies in her umbrella-bower, Bottom the great Desmond Barrit, later a glorious Falstaff (inter alia); he died last month❤️

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 days ago
A photograph of characters in a play. On the right, someone wearing Elizabethan-style breeches over grey stockings, with a white shirt and an enormous donkey head is reclining, looking at a women with short curly red hair, dressed like Elizabeth I; she is looking at the donkey and speaking intently, with a flower in her right hand.

A photograph of characters in a play. On the right, someone wearing Elizabethan-style breeches over grey stockings, with a white shirt and an enormous donkey head is reclining, looking at a women with short curly red hair, dressed like Elizabeth I; she is looking at the donkey and speaking intently, with a flower in her right hand.

The same characters, except it's a close up of the woman kissing the donkey's face.

The same characters, except it's a close up of the woman kissing the donkey's face.

The same, except it's the woman smiling joyously as she embraces the donkey; his arms are around her and he's leaning back.

The same, except it's the woman smiling joyously as she embraces the donkey; his arms are around her and he's leaning back.

Titania to Bottom: you're not going ANYWHERE #MoonMad
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Is the fabulous Oliver Chris the only actor to have played BOTH Oberon/Titania & Bottom (that's him under the donkey head)? With none other than Judi Dench at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, dir. Peter Hall 2010.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
3 days ago
A photograph of a play in performance. In the foreground, a young man wearing a bright yellow boiler suit, and a yellow beanie hat with enormous donkey ears poking out of it. In the background, there's a metal four-poster bed hanging from above. In it is a young man wearing a golden kimono over a white shirt who looks like he's just woken up. The audience are visible standing all around the stage.

A photograph of a play in performance. In the foreground, a young man wearing a bright yellow boiler suit, and a yellow beanie hat with enormous donkey ears poking out of it. In the background, there's a metal four-poster bed hanging from above. In it is a young man wearing a golden kimono over a white shirt who looks like he's just woken up. The audience are visible standing all around the stage.

Titania: I think I love you! Bottom:🥰 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Oberon (JJ Feild) & Bottom (Emmanuel Akwafo) in the 2025 Dream revival @bridgetheatre.bsky.social For a little treat, here's Oliver Chris & Hammed Animashaun 2019: www.facebook.com/ntlive/video... ❤️

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
4 days ago
A photograph of a play in performance. Against a backdrop of trees that looks like an enlarged woodcut, two people are standing on either side of a big pillar, which has a garland of greenery around it. The woman on the right is wearing a golden corset and a skirt made out of panels of fur; her long curly blonde hair is loose and she looks very happy. On the left a man (probably) wearing Elizabethan dress (brown breeches, green doublet, red jerkin) is leaning; he's wearing a large slightly oversized donkey head with enormous ears, and he also has fur around his cuffs and ankles.

A photograph of a play in performance. Against a backdrop of trees that looks like an enlarged woodcut, two people are standing on either side of a big pillar, which has a garland of greenery around it. The woman on the right is wearing a golden corset and a skirt made out of panels of fur; her long curly blonde hair is loose and she looks very happy. On the left a man (probably) wearing Elizabethan dress (brown breeches, green doublet, red jerkin) is leaning; he's wearing a large slightly oversized donkey head with enormous ears, and he also has fur around his cuffs and ankles.

Bottom: 🎶🎶🎶Titania: it's the voice of an ANGEL! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Under that ass's head is the uniquely brilliant Pearce Quigley, with Michelle Terry as Titania at the Globe in 2013. Note hooves; his deadpan clog dance at the end was astonishing.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
5 days ago
A photograph of a character in a play. A young man wearing a yellow boiler suit, stands in the middle of the stage looking a bit confused. He's got enormous donkey ears on his head. The heads of the audience are visible around him.

A photograph of a character in a play. A young man wearing a yellow boiler suit, stands in the middle of the stage looking a bit confused. He's got enormous donkey ears on his head. The heads of the audience are visible around him.

The same image as before, but more close up.

The same image as before, but more close up.

Bottom: are they making an ASS of me?🫏🤔 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Brilliant, adorable Hammed Animashaun as Bottom in the 2019 @bridgetheatre.bsky.social Dream, dir. Nick Hytner. This production swapped Oberon & Titania, so that it was Oberon who fell for Bottom❤️

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
6 days ago
A photograph of a play in performance. A woman wearing a green boiler suit with a green Elizabethan-style bodice over the top, the sleeves rolled up, with two enormous donkey-style ears emerging out of her curly brown hair. Her mouth is open wide as she speaks; two other people are watching her, looking alarmed.

A photograph of a play in performance. A woman wearing a green boiler suit with a green Elizabethan-style bodice over the top, the sleeves rolled up, with two enormous donkey-style ears emerging out of her curly brown hair. Her mouth is open wide as she speaks; two other people are watching her, looking alarmed.

A still from a silent film, in sepia. A man is leaning against a tree, reading a piece of paper. He's wearing a short tunic, and has a donkey's head on, with enormous ears and a big mouth. He's being watched by a child wearing pale shorts and top, holding a wand, who is laughing at him.

A still from a silent film, in sepia. A man is leaning against a tree, reading a piece of paper. He's wearing a short tunic, and has a donkey's head on, with enormous ears and a big mouth. He's being watched by a child wearing pale shorts and top, holding a wand, who is laughing at him.

Bottom is transformed into an ass! #MoonMad
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Two asinine transformations (many more to come): Mariah Gale at the Globe in 2023, dir. Elle While; full puppet head worn by William V. Ranous in the 1909 Vitagraph silent film (string just visible under his chin).

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A still of a character in a television film. Head and shoulders, a young man with short hair, looking pensive. He's wearing a brown tweed jacket with an open neck pink striped shirt just showing.

A still of a character in a television film. Head and shoulders, a young man with short hair, looking pensive. He's wearing a brown tweed jacket with an open neck pink striped shirt just showing.

Flute/Thisbe: I will speak my speech trippingly on the tongue! 🙄Quince: not like that! 😬 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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How could anyone stay cross with this? Flute (Fisayo Akinade) in the 2016 BBC Dream, adapted by Russell T. Davies.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A still from a television film. Dimly lit, a young man is grinning past the camera at something he's watching; he's surrounded by leaves as if hiding in a bush. He has long hair and horns growing out of his head, and is wearing a shaggy jacket.

A still from a television film. Dimly lit, a young man is grinning past the camera at something he's watching; he's surrounded by leaves as if hiding in a bush. He has long hair and horns growing out of his head, and is wearing a shaggy jacket.

Pyramus: your breath smells like flowers! Thisbe: is it my turn? #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Puck (Hiran Abeysekera) watches the rehearsal begin in the 2016 BBC version by Russell T. Davies - mischief is brewing...

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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 young woman wearing a green Elizabethan-style doublet with a big ruff, over matching green short shorts and fishnet tights. She's got teal eyeshadow, little horns in her hair, and a banana tucked into her belt, and she's shooting someone in the audience with an orange water pistol.

A photograph of a character in a play. A young woman wearing a green Elizabethan-style doublet with a big ruff, over matching green short shorts and fishnet tights. She's got teal eyeshadow, little horns in her hair, and a banana tucked into her belt, and she's shooting someone in the audience with an orange water pistol.

Rehearsal begins - places, everyone! - but Puck is preparing for MISCHIEF... #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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A particularly anarchic Puck, complete with banana and water-pistol: Katy Owen in the 2016 Globe Dream, dir. Emma Rice.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A black and white photograph of a play in performance .Three men in non-elite Elizabethan costume are standing and talking; the man in the middle of the stage is holding a big book of papers, and he's being watched by a fourth man, who is dressed in punky cutoff jeans and has spiky hair. Another couple of men are sitting on the ground with papers, and there are lanterns on the ground too.

A black and white photograph of a play in performance .Three men in non-elite Elizabethan costume are standing and talking; the man in the middle of the stage is holding a big book of papers, and he's being watched by a fourth man, who is dressed in punky cutoff jeans and has spiky hair. Another couple of men are sitting on the ground with papers, and there are lanterns on the ground too.

As before, except now the punky looking man is looking to his right at one of the other men speaking.

As before, except now the punky looking man is looking to his right at one of the other men speaking.

Quince: what about the WALL??😱 Bottom: SIMPLE✌️ #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Puck (Leonard Preston) listens unseen & Quince (Norman Tyrrell) tries to solve theatrical problems, as the Athenian workers prepare to rehearse @the-rsc.bsky.social 1977 dir. John Barton

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
1 week ago
A photograph of a play in performance: a group of people standing on a green-covered stage, dimly lit, with the audience visible around them. They're standing in a clump; most of them are wearing brightly coloured boiler suits.

A photograph of a play in performance: a group of people standing on a green-covered stage, dimly lit, with the audience visible around them. They're standing in a clump; most of them are wearing brightly coloured boiler suits.

The same people on stage, from a different angle; they're clustering around a phone and are looking out at an audience member, whose head is visible, with disapproving or shocked expressions.

The same people on stage, from a different angle; they're clustering around a phone and are looking out at an audience member, whose head is visible, with disapproving or shocked expressions.

The same people, close-up; the man in the front, who is wearing a bright yellow boiler suit, is taking a selfie of them all. They're all smiling brightly.

The same people, close-up; the man in the front, who is wearing a bright yellow boiler suit, is taking a selfie of them all. They're all smiling brightly.

Quince: how to bring the moon inside though?🌙 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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An iconic moment in the @bridgetheatre.bsky.social Dream 2019/2025: asking the audience for a 'calendar' (which needed to be 'unlocked'), finding something dodgy on it, then taking a selfie❤️

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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 youngish man with neat hair, wearing a dark blue boiler suit with brown boots and a tool belt, in which a bundle of papers is tucked. He's got his hands either side of his chest and is smiling brightly.

A photograph of a character in a play. A youngish man with neat hair, wearing a dark blue boiler suit with brown boots and a tool belt, in which a bundle of papers is tucked. He's got his hands either side of his chest and is smiling brightly.

Snout/Starveling: what about SCARY LION?🦁 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Bottom (Marc Wootton), here in the 2011 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Nancy Meckler, has a solution for everything, even a SCARY LION! be not afeard, laydeez, this is #notalion. Sorted.

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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 smiling man with a bowl cut hairstyle, holding what looks like a script in his hands. He's wearing a sharp blue double-breasted pinstriped suit, with big lapels, a velvet collar, and a yellow shirt, tie, and pocket square. There are glowing white lanterns behind him.

A photograph of a character in a play. A smiling man with a bowl cut hairstyle, holding what looks like a script in his hands. He's wearing a sharp blue double-breasted pinstriped suit, with big lapels, a velvet collar, and a yellow shirt, tie, and pocket square. There are glowing white lanterns behind him.

Bottom to Quince: just a few notes, yeah? about the violence? #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Bottom (Mathew Baynton) in the 2024 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Eleanor Rhode. He has just a very few notes for Quince...

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a play in performance. It's meant to be nighttime; it's dark, with some haze. A group of people are clustered together, with torches, looking out into the audience, whose heads can be seen. They're mostly wearing jump suits, 3 in blue, two in yellow, one red. One is carrying a camp stool over her shoulder, one a large blue chiller as for a picnic.

A photograph of a play in performance. It's meant to be nighttime; it's dark, with some haze. A group of people are clustered together, with torches, looking out into the audience, whose heads can be seen. They're mostly wearing jump suits, 3 in blue, two in yellow, one red. One is carrying a camp stool over her shoulder, one a large blue chiller as for a picnic.

Rehearsal time! #MoonMad
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Flute (Jermaine Freeman), Bottom (Hammed Animashaun), Quince (Felicity Montagu), Snug (Jamie-Rose Monk) & Snout (Ami Metcalf) in Dream @bridgetheatre.bsky.social 2019, dir. Nick Hytner. NB Quince's camp stool & chiller for refreshments.

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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 reflective black floor, against a black background, a young woman is lying on her front, as if waking up. She's got blonde hair and is wearing a strappy black and white dress; she looks confused. There are two other women wearing messy black tutus, boots etc; they're holding lots of coat hangers fro which are hanging pale silk and lace petticoats, bras, knickers etc, and there are other coat hangers hanging too.

A photograph of a play in performance. On a reflective black floor, against a black background, a young woman is lying on her front, as if waking up. She's got blonde hair and is wearing a strappy black and white dress; she looks confused. There are two other women wearing messy black tutus, boots etc; they're holding lots of coat hangers fro which are hanging pale silk and lace petticoats, bras, knickers etc, and there are other coat hangers hanging too.

Hermia: where ARE you, Lysander? #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Hermia (Sinead Keenan) awakes, in a forest of coathangers and underwear (Alice Barclay & Bettrys Jones the fairies) @the-rsc.bsky.social 2005, dir. Greg Doran des. Stephen Brimson-Lewis.

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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 blue-lit background, on the left, a young man wearing a dark jacket and top; he's got a dirty face, and he's being pushed away by a young woman with blonde hair, wearing a red stripy dress. It's not violent, but he's being a nuisance and she's cross and confused.

A photograph of a play in performance. Half length, against a blue-lit background, on the left, a young man wearing a dark jacket and top; he's got a dirty face, and he's being pushed away by a young woman with blonde hair, wearing a red stripy dress. It's not violent, but he's being a nuisance and she's cross and confused.

Lysander: Hermia makes me SICK! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Lysander (Fergus O'Donnell) protests his love to Helena (Hermione Gulliford) in the 1999 Dream @the-rsc.bsky.social dir. Michael Boyd des. Tom Piper.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a character in a play. Half length, a young woman, wearing a sleeveless white dress with mud on the front. Her long red hair is tangled and has leaves in it; there's mud on her face and she looks cross and confused.

A photograph of a character in a play. Half length, a young woman, wearing a sleeveless white dress with mud on the front. Her long red hair is tangled and has leaves in it; there's mud on her face and she looks cross and confused.

Helena: I don't NEED this, I'm out of here! #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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Helena has HAD ENOUGH, it's NOT FAIR, and she thought Lysander was a gentleman... Lucy Briggs-Owen @the-rsc.bsky.social 2011, dir. Nancy Meckler des. Katrina Lindsay 📸Ellie Kurtz

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of characters in a play. Dimly lit, a young woman in a slightly droopy shirtwaister dress, with a tie belt, in mauve with little pink and red spots on it. She has shoulder length curly hair with a red ribbon, and red lipstick; she's looking confused and a bit distressed. In the background, out of focus, another person is sitting on a metal staircase, wearing a dark jacket and trousers, with a top hat in their lap.

A photograph of characters in a play. Dimly lit, a young woman in a slightly droopy shirtwaister dress, with a tie belt, in mauve with little pink and red spots on it. She has shoulder length curly hair with a red ribbon, and red lipstick; she's looking confused and a bit distressed. In the background, out of focus, another person is sitting on a metal staircase, wearing a dark jacket and trousers, with a top hat in their lap.

Lysander to Helena: YOUR EYES ARE AMAZING!😍 #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
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An understandably baffled Helena (Laura Riseborough) in the 2016 @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream, dir. Erica Whyman, des. Tom Piper; Puck (Lucy Ellinson) observing in the background.

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Hester L-J
Hester L-J
@starcrossed2018.bsky.social
2 weeks ago
A photograph of a character in a play. A young man wearing dark trousers and a blue shirt, tucked in, with braces, is looking ecstatic and punching the air with his right hand; he's holding his discarded necktie in his left hand.

A photograph of a character in a play. A young man wearing dark trousers and a blue shirt, tucked in, with braces, is looking ecstatic and punching the air with his right hand; he's holding his discarded necktie in his left hand.

Lysander: I'm in love with you now! It makes perfect sense! #MoonMad
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Lysander (Nathaniel Martello-White) makes a case for men as completely rational creatures, never swayed by their emotions. Helena is BAFFLED. @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 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
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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 weeks 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
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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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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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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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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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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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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
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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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