"For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings;
How some have been deposed; some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed;
Some poison'd by their wives: some sleeping kill'd;" - Richard II (A3, S2) #ShakespeareSunday
16.11.2025 07:20 — 👍 35 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0
Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme - THE HOLLOW CROWN PLAYS!
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Series 1:
Richard II
Henry IV pt1 & 2
Henry V
🌹
Series 2:
Henry VI pt1, 2 & 3
Richard III
16.11.2025 07:04 — 👍 29 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
“We are time’s subjects, and time bids begone.” - Henry IV, Part 2 (Act 1, Scene 3) #ShakespeareSunday #Loki @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:45 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“We have heard the chimes at midnight.” - Henry IV, Part 2 (Act 3, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #Cinderella @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:44 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“Or dive into the bottom of the deep,
Where fathom line could never touch the ground” - Henry IV, Part 1 (Act 1, Scene 3) #ShakespeareSunday @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:43 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“ O, tiger’s heart wrapped in a woman’s hide” - Henry VI, Part 3 (Act 1, Scene 4) #ShakespeareSunday #Mulan @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:42 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“True nobility is exempt from fear: more can I bear than you dare execute.” - Henry VI, Part 2 (Act 4, Scene 1) #ShakespeareSunday #LoTR @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:41 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“So doth the swan her downy cygnets save,
Keeping them prisoner underneath her wings.” - Henry VI, Part 1 (Act 5, Scene 3) #ShakespeareSunday @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:40 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“I am a villain.” - Richard III (Act 5, Scene 3) #ShakespeareSunday #Tangled @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:39 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
“men of few words are the best men” - Henry V (Act 3, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #PrideandPrejudice @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:38 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“The better part of valor is discretion” - Henry IV, Part 1 (Act 5, Scene 4) #ShakespeareSunday #HowtheGrinchStoleChristmas @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:38 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“I weep for joy to stand upon my kingdom once again.” - Richard II (Act 3, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #TheLionKing @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:37 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings—
How some have been deposed, some slain in war” - Richard II (Act 3, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #LoTR @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
16.11.2025 04:36 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
“We would not seek a battle as we are,
Nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it.” - Henry V (Act 3, Scene 6) #ShakespeareSunday #Casablanca @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
Theme: The Hollow Crown Plays
16.11.2025 04:33 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Tomorrow's #ShakespeareSunday theme - THE HOLLOW CROWN PLAYS!
👑
Series 1:
Richard II
Henry IV pt1 & 2
Henry V
🌹
Series 2:
Henry VI pt1, 2 & 3
Richard III
15.11.2025 09:23 — 👍 26 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
“I'll hence forthwith unto the sanctuary,
To save at least the heir of Edward's right” - Henry VI, Part 3 (Act 4, Scene 4)
~ The White Queen aired on BBC in June 2013 #BBCShakespeare
13.11.2025 18:03 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I like it! 🙌👍
13.11.2025 17:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme is in celebration of #BBCShakespeare - THE HOLLOW CROWN PLAYS!
13.11.2025 13:33 — 👍 50 🔁 24 💬 5 📌 4
Today we are celebrating and sharing all the fantastic Shakespeare the BBC has done over the decades! Dig out your BBC DVDs, books, magazines or just screengrab your favourite scenes to share on the #BBCShakespeare tag.
13.11.2025 09:18 — 👍 36 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
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09.11.2025 15:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
He sees his love, and nothing else he sees,
For nothing else with his proud sight agrees.
Venus and Adonis
#ShakespeareSunday
09.11.2025 11:16 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
" 'Tis in my memory lock'd," - Hamlet (A1, S3) #ShakespeareSunday #RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
09.11.2025 10:52 — 👍 37 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
“Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” - R&J (Act 1, Scene 5) #ShakespeareSunday #Tangled @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
09.11.2025 05:10 — 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun,
Nor the furious winter’s rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done” - Cymbeline (Act 4, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #DeathlyHallows @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
09.11.2025 05:08 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.” - Cymbeline (Act 4, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #MuppetChristmasCarol @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
09.11.2025 04:59 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
““Tired with all these, for restful death I cry” - Sonnet 66 #ShakespeareSunday #DeathlyHallows @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
09.11.2025 04:58 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods
Make heaven drowsy with the harmony.” - Love's Labour's Lost (Act 4, Scene 3) #ShakespeareSunday #ItsaWonderfulLife @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
09.11.2025 04:55 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“Be absolute for death. Either death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.” - Measure for Measure (Act 3, Scene 1) #ShakespeareSunday #MeetJoeBlack @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
09.11.2025 04:53 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“My brother he is in Elysium.” - Twelfth Night (Act 1, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #DeathlyHallows @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
09.11.2025 04:52 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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