kate-the-curst:

harmonicakind:

i have finally compiled my top 5 shakespearean stage directions

1. leaps into the grave (hamlet)
2. enter titus as a chef (titus andronicus)
3. storm still (king lear)
4. falstaff riseth up (henry iv part 1)
5. exit pursued by a bear (the winter’s tale)

“he goeth down“ (R&J)

“Jupiter descends in thunder and lightning, sitting upon an eagle: he throws a thunderbolt. The Apparitions fall on their knees” (Cymbeline)