william shakespeare
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"ohhh nooo the theatre is dying" look, back in my day people said the same thing. everybody complained about how teens only wanted to go watch dogs rip apart a live bear instead of going to a play
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"why doesn't christopher marlowe have a bluesky?" well he is currently in the hospital after getting into yet another bar fight. so it's best for all of us he's not on here
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"why doesn't christopher marlowe have a bluesky?" well he is currently in the hospital after getting into yet another bar fight. so it's best for all of us he's not on here
tbh i want to rewrite henry viii. now that i'm not under the lord chamberlain's patronage and don't have to worry about offending royalty i could make it a real banger
September 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
tbh i want to rewrite henry viii. now that i'm not under the lord chamberlain's patronage and don't have to worry about offending royalty i could make it a real banger
i enjoy a lot of contemporary playwrights' work but don't get why no one uses iambic pentameter anymore. try it sometime it'll really spice up your writing
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
i enjoy a lot of contemporary playwrights' work but don't get why no one uses iambic pentameter anymore. try it sometime it'll really spice up your writing
"why are there so many guys named antonio in your plays" idk what to tell you except that i was hooking up with multiple antonios back in the day
April 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"why are there so many guys named antonio in your plays" idk what to tell you except that i was hooking up with multiple antonios back in the day
always sucks to live through terrifying leadership changes in empires. shit got kind of crazy when queen elizabeth died in 1603
January 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
always sucks to live through terrifying leadership changes in empires. shit got kind of crazy when queen elizabeth died in 1603
as a playwright i try not to be TOO petty, but it's really satisfying that everyone remembers me and no one remembers robert greene. never liked that guy
January 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
as a playwright i try not to be TOO petty, but it's really satisfying that everyone remembers me and no one remembers robert greene. never liked that guy
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Nice summer’s day you got there. It’d be a real shame if someone were to … compare thee to it
January 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nice summer’s day you got there. It’d be a real shame if someone were to … compare thee to it
seriously, who do i contact about getting my royalties for the current circle in the square production of romeo and juliet? feel like i'm being cheated out of a lot of money here
January 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
seriously, who do i contact about getting my royalties for the current circle in the square production of romeo and juliet? feel like i'm being cheated out of a lot of money here
"ohhh nooo the theatre is dying" look, back in my day people said the same thing. everybody complained about how teens only wanted to go watch dogs rip apart a live bear instead of going to a play
December 21, 2024 at 7:01 PM
"ohhh nooo the theatre is dying" look, back in my day people said the same thing. everybody complained about how teens only wanted to go watch dogs rip apart a live bear instead of going to a play
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When you didn’t decorate or anything else but you still want to post festively on social media, I give you Merry Malcolm: The Christmas Cat!😻🎄
“A harmless necessary cat”
-Merchant of Venice
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“A harmless necessary cat”
-Merchant of Venice
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
@williamshakespeare.bsky.social
#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#CatsOfBlueSky
December 20, 2024 at 12:22 PM
When you didn’t decorate or anything else but you still want to post festively on social media, I give you Merry Malcolm: The Christmas Cat!😻🎄
“A harmless necessary cat”
-Merchant of Venice
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
@williamshakespeare.bsky.social
#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#CatsOfBlueSky
“A harmless necessary cat”
-Merchant of Venice
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
@williamshakespeare.bsky.social
#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#CatsOfBlueSky
December 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
scholars love to debate whether or not i was having sex with kit marlowe. well i was
December 16, 2024 at 4:58 PM
scholars love to debate whether or not i was having sex with kit marlowe. well i was
trying to write a new play using only emojis. not going well
December 14, 2024 at 3:00 AM
trying to write a new play using only emojis. not going well
lots of people asking me who the dark lady and fair youth from my sonnets are. and to them i say...i'm not telling :-)
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
lots of people asking me who the dark lady and fair youth from my sonnets are. and to them i say...i'm not telling :-)
why does no one ever produce my play "love's labours won" anymore? you guys used to love love's labours won
December 10, 2024 at 9:54 PM
why does no one ever produce my play "love's labours won" anymore? you guys used to love love's labours won
wish i had written stereophonic. however i was dead for over 400 years so only learned about fleetwood mac 2 weeks ago
December 9, 2024 at 2:08 PM
wish i had written stereophonic. however i was dead for over 400 years so only learned about fleetwood mac 2 weeks ago
hate when people bring up henry 6 part 1. that was my first play! i was so young! i didn't know what i was doing!!! i thought it would be "funny" and "cool" to have joan of arc summon literal otherworldly fiends that only show up in one scene!
December 9, 2024 at 6:35 AM
hate when people bring up henry 6 part 1. that was my first play! i was so young! i didn't know what i was doing!!! i thought it would be "funny" and "cool" to have joan of arc summon literal otherworldly fiends that only show up in one scene!
glad that the dramatists guild exists. back in the day if a theatre wasn't paying me the money i was owed i'd have to sic christopher marlowe on them until they relented
December 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM
glad that the dramatists guild exists. back in the day if a theatre wasn't paying me the money i was owed i'd have to sic christopher marlowe on them until they relented
shocked and appalled to learn i haven't been paid ANY royalties for the usage of my work over the past 408 years!
December 7, 2024 at 3:06 PM
shocked and appalled to learn i haven't been paid ANY royalties for the usage of my work over the past 408 years!
"how are you posting if you died on april 23, 1616" dude don't even worry about it. there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy
December 6, 2024 at 9:56 PM
"how are you posting if you died on april 23, 1616" dude don't even worry about it. there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy
i did not fucking say that!!!
“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” ~ William Shakespeare
December 6, 2024 at 3:47 PM
i did not fucking say that!!!
every day people are asking me "what's your personal favorite play that you've written, mr. shakespeare? we're dying to know." well the answer is timon of athens
December 6, 2024 at 3:33 PM
every day people are asking me "what's your personal favorite play that you've written, mr. shakespeare? we're dying to know." well the answer is timon of athens
what up i'm still alive. neither a borrower nor a lender be or whatever
November 8, 2024 at 5:31 PM
what up i'm still alive. neither a borrower nor a lender be or whatever
it's me. William Shakespeare, writer of Titus Andronicus. and others
September 30, 2023 at 12:03 AM
it's me. William Shakespeare, writer of Titus Andronicus. and others