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“This is some fellow, who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect a saucy roughness.”

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Patrick and SpongeBob dressed as pirates.

Patrick and SpongeBob dressed as pirates.

Another great #ShakespeareSunday thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for the theme. Water lot of wonderful contributions.

10.08.2025 21:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Grace Kelly in High Society launches the model boat True Love.

Grace Kelly in High Society launches the model boat True Love.

“A sail, a sail!” ~ Romeo and Juliet (A2,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #HighSociety #FlicksOfMyYears

10.08.2025 20:45 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Eddie Murphy sitting in a jacuzzi as his new butler looks on.

Eddie Murphy sitting in a jacuzzi as his new butler looks on.

"Not all the water in the rough rude sea can wash the balm from an anointed King." ~ Richard II (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears #TradingPlaces

10.08.2025 20:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Eric Morecambe dressed as a policeman getting drenched by water from a down pipe.

Eric Morecambe dressed as a policeman getting drenched by water from a down pipe.

" ... drench'd me in the sea, where I am drowned." ~ The Two Gentlemen of Verona (A1,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #MorecambeAndWise

10.08.2025 20:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Shrek and the little mermaid embrace on the beach in 'from here to maternity'.

Shrek and the little mermaid embrace on the beach in 'from here to maternity'.

"I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves, for so long as I could see." ~ Twelfth Night (A1,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Shrek

10.08.2025 20:06 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Window with rain

Window with rain

#ShakespeareSunday

For the rain it raineth every day.

Twelfth Night, V,1

10.08.2025 19:31 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Having a relaxing bath and thinking up plans to get rid of the new sheriff.

Having a relaxing bath and thinking up plans to get rid of the new sheriff.

“And let us bathe ...” ~ Julius Caesar (A3,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #BlazingSaddles

10.08.2025 19:59 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Singer Debbie Harry wearing a Popeye t-shirt. She is saluting those watching.

Singer Debbie Harry wearing a Popeye t-shirt. She is saluting those watching.

"Ere we were two days old at sea ..." ~ Hamlet (A4,S6).
#ShakespeareSunday #DebbieHarry and #Popeye, 1980
[📷: Lynn Goldsmith]

10.08.2025 19:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A lot of clowns playing various instruments.

A lot of clowns playing various instruments.

“Did the sea toss upon our shore this Chest” ~ Pericles, Prince of Tyre (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #RobertCrumb

10.08.2025 19:54 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Superman watches the wedding of Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne.

Superman watches the wedding of Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne.

"If you have tears, prepare to shed them now." ~ Julius Caesar (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Superman

10.08.2025 19:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon look longingly at each other in the film Bound.

Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon look longingly at each other in the film Bound.

"A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart ..." ~ The Merry Wives of Windsor (A3,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #Bound

10.08.2025 19:08 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Movie poster for Carry on Jack. Four on the deck of a ship with chaos all around.

Movie poster for Carry on Jack. Four on the deck of a ship with chaos all around.

“The people love me, and the sea is mine” ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A2,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #MoviePoster

10.08.2025 12:22 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Diver coming up to the surface for some fresh air.

Diver coming up to the surface for some fresh air.

“Go home, call for sweet water, wash thy hands.” ~ Titus Andronicus (A2,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #WaterCompanies

10.08.2025 10:43 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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prince singing into a microphone with the words purple rain below him Alt: prince singing into a microphone with the words purple rain below him

“With hey, ho, the wind and the rain”
#TwelfthNight
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
#ShakespeareSunday
#Water 💦🌊💧🚿🛁🚰⛲️
#PurpleRain
#Prince
#Prince4Ever
💜🎶🕊️☔️

10.08.2025 10:14 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Poster featuring the band members of the group The Selecter.

Poster featuring the band members of the group The Selecter.

"A kind overflow of kindness. There are no faces truer than those that are so wash’d." ~ Much Ado About Nothing (A1,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #TheSelecter

10.08.2025 10:13 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Pete and Dud sitting talking about Cleopatra's travelling arrangements.

Pete and Dud sitting talking about Cleopatra's travelling arrangements.

“The barge she sat in, like a burnish’d throne, burn’d on the water, for the poop was beaten gold.” ~ Antony and Cleopatra (A2,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #PeterCook #DudleyMoore

10.08.2025 09:22 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Cary Grant having an awkward moment in the shower as he is caught lathering up.

Cary Grant having an awkward moment in the shower as he is caught lathering up.

“Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.” ~ Sonnet CLIV.
#ShakespeareSunday #Film

10.08.2025 09:19 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Arthur Curry is determined to get everyone wet.

Arthur Curry is determined to get everyone wet.

"Now leap in with me ... and swim to yonder point?” ~ Julius Caesar (A1,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Aquaman #DCcomics

10.08.2025 00:31 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Lotus Esprit submersible car toy from the film The Spy Who Loved Me.

Lotus Esprit submersible car toy from the film The Spy Who Loved Me.

" ... leak'd ... " ~ Timon of Athens (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #VintageToys

10.08.2025 00:17 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Prepared to sink under the sea, the base from the film The Spy Who Loved Me.

Prepared to sink under the sea, the base from the film The Spy Who Loved Me.

"Our house, in the deep bosom of the ocean buried." ~ Richard III (A1,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #TheSpyWhoLovedMe #JamesBond

10.08.2025 00:09 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Rosa Klebb watching two fish fighting.

Rosa Klebb watching two fish fighting.

"... and yet more dangerous than baits to fish ..." ~ Titus Andronicus (A4,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #FromRussiaWithLove #FlicksOfMyYears

09.08.2025 23:07 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Balcony scene from Evita.

Balcony scene from Evita.

Don't cry for me Argentina. This evening in London. Thanks to my daughter for the picture.
#Evita #MusicalTheatre

09.08.2025 23:03 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Peter Davison in a short interview about his time on the BBC show Campion.

Peter Davison in a short interview about his time on the BBC show Campion.

Did you get to see the Peter Davison short interview on the series as well?
#PeterDavison #BBC

09.08.2025 19:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Magersfontein Lugg and Albert Campion both standing in a church yard.

Magersfontein Lugg and Albert Campion both standing in a church yard.

“Very determined of you” murmured Mr. Campion affably. “Where was it?” “On the tree, of course” she said. “If you're interested I'll tell you about it, but if you're not I'll save it for some other time.” ~ Sweet Danger (1933), Margery Allingham.
#BookWormSat #MagersfonteinLugg
#AlbertCampion

09.08.2025 16:54 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Black and white photo of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke and Holmes and Watson in ITV series - also my current obsession

Black and white photo of Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke and Holmes and Watson in ITV series - also my current obsession

“I was standing in the Criterion Bar, when someone tapped me on the shoulder, and turning around I recognized young Stamford…the sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.”

Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle

#BookWormSat

09.08.2025 14:14 — 👍 28    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Excellent. Very much of their time, but a favourite series of mine.

09.08.2025 14:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Pan paperback copy of The Man with the Golden Gun.

Pan paperback copy of The Man with the Golden Gun.

James Bond walked up to the bar. Perhaps because he was an Englishman, there was a round of handshaking. The red-coated barman asked him what he would have and he said “Some pink gin. Plenty of bitters. Beefeater’s.” ~ The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), Ian Fleming.
#BookWormSat #JamesBond #60s

09.08.2025 13:23 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Excellent thanks. When my old eyes were reading it I saw 'Mort L Mans', the joys of getting old.

09.08.2025 12:47 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three magazine covers featuring Kate Bush, Yungblud, and Brian Wilson.

Three magazine covers featuring Kate Bush, Yungblud, and Brian Wilson.

Catching up with some reading on my library libby app. Remember to use your library, they are a very valuable asset.
#Reading #BrianWilson #Yungblud #KateBush

09.08.2025 12:12 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Appreciated. They did a number of covers for the series. I'll see how the research goes.

09.08.2025 12:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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