Title: Timorous Dreams
Fandom: Richard III (Shakespeare)
Character/Pairing: Anne Neville, Richard III, Richard/Anne
Summary: If Anne had been asked why she had married Richard, she would not have been able to answer.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Canonical character death, psychological trauma, breathplay, ethically questionable power dynamics.
A/N: ( Read more... )

Hello! I've been watching various videos of different versions of Richard and Anne's courtship scene from Richard III, and thought I ought to share them with you all.

Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom:

Part One

Part TwoI don't love this interpertation. I really think splitting the scene up weakens the impact, and it truly seems rather as though ( Read more... )

I went to the library yesterday and got a huge amount of books, mainly plays or Shyakespeare literary criticism. Yesterday I read Harold Bloom's "Hamlet: Poem Unlimited", which was hilarious, in under an hour, and then earlier today I delved into the wonder of Hedda Gabler which always makes me so happy. And I was picturing Cate Blanchett as Hedda ( Read more... )