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In several copies I've looked at it's called The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. Yet a tradition has evolved of playing it as black comedy. I've never seen anyone play Richard's pain, his anger, his bitterness, all of which is abundant
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years. Those are the ones in which we are bound to one another with hoops of steel.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
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For those who love a good cozy mystery while curled up on the couch with a cup of coffee/tea/cocoa and maybe a dog/cat next to them. Please be kind ...more
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Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and lore--and this is where we discuss the books that inspire us! Every episode, co-hosts Julia ...more
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