No seriously. The first of them is a potted version of King John I wrote for faithhopetricks, who just went to see a production thereof. She thought I should post it, so here it is.

NB that the emphasis on Arthur being pretty is completely from the text. If anything, I toned it down.

( King John as it would be if it were shorter and more ridiculous. Contains a lot more lolcat than I thought. )

( rhubarb rhubarb )

A few more examples of the generally unsettling illustrations:

Edward II (with mini-Gaveston)

James I (I opened the book to this one when I got it and nearly dropped it on the floor)

Williamanmary (perhaps the most terrifying of all)

Edward VIII (because it's not only pre-constitutional-monarchy monarchs who are scary)

Also, anent this book, lnhammer ( Read more... )

There's a "post a Shakespeare quote when you see this" meme going about now, and since I can't resist such a thing, here's one. This is more of a passage really, but the meme didn't specify length!

( King John 3.3.68ff -- since I really ought to be finishing rereading that play now. Longish. )