A 90th anniv. salute to opening nationwide on February 14, 1931. Newcomer Bela Lugosi's performance remains the gold standard. The keystone of the genre and a benchmark film. Bravo Bela, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan....

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"They do not love that do not show their love." ~ Two Gentlemen of Verona (A1,S2).

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"Thou see'st these lovers ..." ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream (A3,S2).

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“ When love speaks, the voice of the gods makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.” Shakespeare

“Each day with you is like a symphony of celestial notes that make me feel heady and full of loving light. “ ❤️✨💫⚡️⭐️❤️

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“You have dancing shoes with nimble soles.” Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Sc 4

Img: Cicely Mary Barker

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Miranda (1916) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Pre-Raphaelite style. Miranda from 'The Tempest'.

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"Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out 
At every joint and motive of her body." ~ Troilus and Cressida (A4,S5).

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"this is my right hand, and this is my left:
I am not drunk now; I can stand well enough" ~ Othello (A2,S3).

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"One man in his time plays many parts." ~ As You Like It (A2,S7).

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"The actors are at hand and by their show
You shall know all that you are like to know." ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream (A5,S1).

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🌨️🌩️☁️“Why, what's the matter,
That you have such a February face,
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?”

🌬️Much Ado About Nothing.

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"Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments" Virgil & Dante look on as Rossetti's adulterous Paulo & Francesca bear it out "even to the edge of doom" https://t.co/9knCmsLwDk

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"What well-appointed leader fronts us here?" ~ Henry IV Pt 2 (A4,S1).

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“This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” ~ Hamlet (A1,S3).

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"I'll whisper with the General and know
his pleasure. - All's Well That Ends (A4, S3)

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"Be brave, then; for your Captain is brave” ~ Henry VI Pt2 (A4,S7).

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"And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men." ~ Henry IV Pt 1 (A3,S1).

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Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
Troilus and Cressida [II, 3]

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“we discovered Two ships” - The Comedy of Errors {act 1 scene 1}

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I've been wanting to read this for a loooong time.

Shakespeare + There's no other way for this to get better!

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