necromancy-savant:

theballadofmrslovett:

eternalgirlscout:

only ACCURATE stagings of shakespeare from now on. no more “modern settings” or “movies” or “set pieces” or “women.” we do it as the Bard intended: 

• empty stage
• all costumes fished out of a dumpster
• live (angry) bears 20 feet away
• every single member of both the cast and audience just drunk as hell
• groundlings in mortal peril every time explosives or effects are used
• plague

But don’t forget these lovely highlights as well:

• no scripts we forget our lines like men
• no intermission, just shit on the floor
• men in dresses
• insane speedrun to cram the plays into 2 hours
• once the play is over, everyone goes fucking ham doing a jig

I heard that Shakespeare spend most of his budget on costumes, but these additions are 1000000% spot on.