Katherina Minola, aka "The Shrew" is the focus of today's iconography comic.
I have to admit, I love the bit where she hits Hortensio with the lute offstage.
Stick Figure Iconography: King Lear
It's everyone's favorite mad monarch in today's installment of Shakespearen Stick Figure Iconographies!
Lear only wears his flower crown for one scene, but it's a doozy of a scene and the image of Lear with his flower crown, cradling the blinded Gloucester, is pretty much THE image from King Lear, rivaled only by Lear yelling at the storm.
Stick Figure Iconography: Juliet
In today's Stick Figure Iconography segment, we take a look at Juliet!
The Juliet cap is obviously not often present in non-Renaissance, modern dress productions.
Stick Figure Iconography: Falstaff
Time for some more installments of Shakespeare Stick Figure Iconography! Today we look at one of the most iconic Shakespearean characters of all time: Falstaff.
I've seen white Falstaffs. I've seen black Falstaffs. I've heard of and seen documentation of female Falstaffs. I saw Falstaff played by an undergrad who wasn't old enough to legally drink.
I've never seen a thin Falstaff.
Shakespeare World Cup 2018: The Final
IT'S OVER. 25 gamedays and 64 matches later, and we have a winner!
Yes, in the end it was a comfortable victory for Timon, who overcame his play's narrative of abject failure and mismanagement to put in a calm, composed, and professional performance throughout the tournament. Here's a recap of the Triumph of Timon:
And so here's something I never thought I would say.... CONGRATULATIONS TIMON!
(We return to you your regular, non-sports-related Shakespeare comics on Thursday....)
Shakespeare World Cup 2018: The Semi-Finals
And now we know who will be playing each other in the Shakespeare World Cup final on Sunday! IT'S GONNA BE....
By and large I've been OK with the dramatically-arbitrary, numerically-determined character assignments for each team, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to narratively justify Timon's cruise through this tournament. He's energetic, well-disciplined, and controlled, and will probably (PROBABLY) defeat the powerful sorcerer-duke Prospero. I'm kind of dreading having to figure out how to make that work... Even Act 1 rich-and-happy Timon can't rationally be expected to defeat an actual magician with elemental spirits at his command.
Shakespeare World Cup 2018: The Quarter-Finals
The quarter-finals are done and dusted, and here's how it all shook out:
Check back on Thursday to see who made it through the semi-finals and will be playing in the final? Will it be Timon's misanthropy against Lear's insanity? Iago's manipulation against Prospero's illusion? THE END IS NIGH.
Shakespeare World Cup 2018: Day 19
There was only one day of action since we last checked in, but what action!
As you might know, Lear has a history of losing his mind when it comes to penalty shootouts, but he remained uncharacteristically lucid for this one.
Tune in next week for a rundown of the quarter-finals!