Fuck Yeah Queer Shakespeare!

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May 2013

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April 2013

1 post

duskjolras: whispers AU where Ophelia is using Hamlet as part of a scheme to topple a corrupt monarchy and at the end she runs away with him and Horatio because fuck love triangles

October 2012

3 posts

Anonymous asked: It's not Shakespeare as such, but it's queer history and I was wondering whether you'd link it? Thanks. It's secrethistoriesproject (on tumblr).

Shakespeare's Queer Children: Sexual Politics and... →

“Shakespeare’s Queer Children” argues that Shakespeare is not the exclusive possession of any one social group or cultural formation, but has provided an enabling and empowering resource which has allowed “other” radical voices to be heard, often in the face of forces which would consign them to insignificance, marginalization or oppression. The book stages a series...

caitlinthearchive asked: I have finally found a Shakespeare blog that is totally Queer! THANK YOU!!!

September 2012

5 posts

Richard Burt - Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares: Queer...

Not sure if you’ve posted about this book yet, but Richard Burt’s Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998, revised edt. 1999) is a damn good book on queer Shakespeare, with a focus on film/TV adaptations and pop culture. Well worth checking out. Submitted by shakespearean—thank you!

The Madness of Love - A Mercutio/Romeo Fic (Some...

By Meltha. Mercutio first met Romeo in hell. At least, that was where he had thought he was. Hell, after all, is a place that has no hope left in it. Mercutio had seen his father, his mother, his two older brothers and his little sister fall ill with plague, slowly slipping away each day. His God-fearing neighbors had turned their backs on them, fear stripping them of any semblance of humanity....

Some Genderqueer (Canadian) Shakespeare

Saw that you had a link to Kathryn Hunter’s R3, which reminded me of this fantastic production of Richard III starring Seana McKenna. Here is a short film which juxtaposes Ms McKenna’s transformation from woman to man with another production that was on that season, Michel Tremblay’s Hosanna (the protagonist is a drag queen emulating Liz Taylor’s Cleopatra). This link...

Shakespearean Headcanon →

Submit your own headcanons about Shakespeare’s works!

Dear Queer Shakespearians,

Your mod has finally gotten around to emptying out several things that were sitting in his inbox and his to-queue bookmark, so you can expect to see several new posts over the next few days. To keep up the influx of content, please submit anything you have been sitting on that is even remotely related to queer Shakespeare! I’d like to get this place up and running again. Tchy

February 2012

1 post

January 2012

1 post

September 2011

2 posts

Dear FYQueerShakespearians,

It would be marvellous of you to drop something in the submit box. Regards, The Management p.s. I fixed the link. It’ll actually go to the submit box now. p.p.s. I am clearly the best at life.

Queering Shakespeare at the RSC →

So what was Bartlett doing and why did he do it? In two words, he was queering Shakespeare. Queer theory began as a challenge to a cultural hegemony which validates a heterosexual norm and marginalises other sexual identities. From there it widened to challenge the concept of divisive social norms altogether, as Michael Warner said in the introduction to his book, Fear of a Queer Planet,...

June 2011

13 posts

A Review Of Tony Howard's "Women As Hamlet"

Submitted by singfurimmer. I found Susan Bennett’s review of Tony Howard’s book Women As Hamlet: Performance And Interpretation In Theatre, Film, And Fiction. I’m curious about this book myself, and this review was very helpful. I would link to it, but it’s a PDF. So here is the whole text: “Tony Howard’s lively and informative study draws our attention to the...

Good Night, Sweet Prince (A Hamlet/Horatio Fic)

By Meltha. Hamlet’s eyes had been startlingly blue, as blue as fresh spring violets. As they stared up at him, sightless, from the face of the dead prince lying on the floor of Elsinore’s main hall, Horatio wished he could tear his sight away from those perfect eyes that had, moments before, urged him to live and tell the tale of what had transpired to bring Denmark under the heel of...

singfurimmer asked: I actually have several questions that I wanted to ask (sorry to bother you with my cluelessness).
First, if you want to submit a fanfiction or other form of text that isn't your own, should you just submit a link, or should you put a text sample? Or, if it's short, should you submit the whole text?
Also, I was wondering about different forms of Shakespeare stories. Due to...

Asta Nielsen as Hamlet

Trigger warning: image contains suggestion of suicide/cutting. [Image: A black and white photograph (a screencap?) of Asta Nielsen playing Hamlet in the 1921 German silent film version. Hamlet is seated, wide-eyed and staring into space, holding the tip of a dagger to one wrist. The androgynous person depicted has dark, slightly wavy hair that is about jaw-length, falling partially over one...

Call for submissions!

We’ve finally got some things back in the queue and I’d like to keep it that way! To that end, I’d like to invite you all to submit whatever tickles your fancy—art, fic, videos, articles, information, essays, or anything else you can think of, and anything relating to gender, sexuality, or anything else you think falls under the label of queer! And, once again, feel free...

Waste Our Lights In Vain - A Mercutio/Romeo Fic...

By Nifra Idril on Yuletide Treasure. Submitted by morethanprinceofcats. i. There is a door inside Mercutio, in the shape of Romeo. It blows with the wind; open and shut, open and shut. Romeo sleeps as the sun climbs the sky. Mercutio waits for him, his back against the hot bricks until noon and past—slipping bits of onion into his mouth and watching dogs bark at one another. There is an...

May 2011

1 post

April 2011

4 posts

sententiola: I know at least a couple of you (including you, the person who reblogged something on this sort of topic within the last 24 hours that is actually what reminded me I wanted to do this post, and also you, the person who started a tumblr specifically about this) may be able to help me answer at least one of the following questions, all of which concern… Shakesqueer: a queer companion...

The Queering of Sebastian →

An interesting paper on the sexuality of Sebastian, of Twelfth Night, which attempts to substantiate a claim not only of Sebastian’s bisexuality with his rescuer/friend Antonio but also his sexual role within that relationship and later his role within a potential marraige with Olivia. An excerpt: When they initially part on the beach Sebastian confesses to Antonio, “[M]y name / is...

Have y’all seen this? Just bought it today. My favorite essay so far is Heather Love’s on Macbeth but I’m a fan of the title for the reading of Midsummer Night’s Dream… Shakespeare’s Ass Play. [A book cover. The top half is taken up by paintings of Shakespeare with brightly coloured makeup, stars, and other patterns on his face. The bottom half is black and...

Please submit! →

James and I haven’t stumbled across anything new, and the blog has been rather dead for a while. With so many followers, some of you must have something to share! Feel free to submit your own works, too! We encourage narcissism if it gives us content!

March 2011

2 posts

Anonymous asked: Are you guys into both queering Shakespeare, Lady Gaga and drag performance?
You'd love my show StrCrs'd that tells six tragedies through different styles of dance and movement.
Alejandro Bustillos, Jr.

that-rainbow-gentleman-deactiva asked: Do you know the name of the artist that created the comic strip?

February 2011

14 posts

Anonymous asked: This blog rocks. One question, though – why do you include such a detailed description with each image you post? It seems a little superfluous.

Anonymous asked: So my lovely friend found me this. And then I found my story here. *faints*

(It’s “But Not a Man at All”)

toughhufflepuff asked: What, ho, is there anything in this world so fine as to queereth up the words of The Bard? Nay, fellow, there is not! Best wishes, friends, in the hopes of this blog flourishing!

starwhal asked: This is the most amazing blog ever ksjfgkvnb

Anonymous asked: This isn't a question, I just wanted to correct you on the cartoon panel you posted. The comic is a parody of the play "Cyrano de Bergerac", not "Romeo and Juliet."

“Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed.”

– William Shakespeare [Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music IV] That awkward moment when Shakespeare doesn’t think lesbian sex exists. A shame, really, his plays would have been all the better for some lesbianism. (via lgbtlaughs) I thought this was appropriate.

odysseiarex asked: Yay! :D

Mine is the Viola/Olivia fanvid (which was set to Lady Gaga, not inexplicably, but because somebody requested it - I have, however, inexplicably set other things to Lady Gaga). I could probably link you to LOTS of other queer Shakespeare things, some made by me, some not. You know, if you want me to. XD;

odysseiarex asked: There are few things better than finding the most glorious Tumblr to ever exist, and then finding that something you made has been posted there. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY~ :D

Sometimes we have conversations like this:

intheconcertroom: Ashley (also did I tell you I watched Sherlock last night and I could listen to him talk forever?) (He is like Baby Alan Rickmaaaaan.) Alexander (… I now want him to play Alan Rickman’s son in something.) (OH MY GOD HIM AS HAMLET WITH ALAN RICKMAN AS CLAUDIUS) Ashley (AJLHEHHLE HE YES) Read More Since there’s nothing in the queue at the moment (hint—SUBMIT),...

We apologize for posting what has been revealed to...

Both of your mods believed today’s post to be a Romeo and Juliet reference. Apparently, we were wrong. Obviously, neither of your mods have read Cyrano de Bergerac, which explains said reference going completely over our heads. However, I am going to leave it up, because it is fabulous and wonderful and I can pretend it’s from Romeo and Juliet if I want to, damn it. This has been a...

Call for submissions!

I’d just like to remind everyone that we take submissions—in fact, we would really like them! There are still a couple of things in the queue, but beyond that, we have very little to share, and we would like to spread the queer Shakespeare love as widely as possible. We welcome all things related to sexuality and gender in Shakespeare. This could include fiction, art, videos,...

LA Femme Shakes →

LA Femme Shakes is a women’s theatre company founded by Vanessa Luke in order to “queer the works of Shakespeare, as well as modern and contemporary authors.” Artists of any gender are welcome to the troupe, as long as they are open to non-traditional casting. Our playfulness will not only allow women and others to explore new roles, but also illuminate in the plays juicy...

January 2011

11 posts

But Not A Man At All - A Portia/Nerissa Fic

By an anonymous poster on this Shakespeare Kink thread. Submitted by intheconcertroom. “Nerissa, I pray you, tell: do I not look the very picture of a well-schooled gentleman?” For the first time since they had put on their men’s garb, Nerissa chanced a look at her mistress. Portia was smiling despite the grave seriousness of the situation, cheeks flushed and eyes twinkling with excitement at...