Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master.
Anthony and Cleopatra: here's the BBC version, here's a 2017 version.
As you like it: you'll find here an outdoor stage adaptation and here the BBC version. Here's Kenneth Brannagh's 2006 one.
Coriolanus: Here's a college play, here's the 1984 telefilm, here's the 2014 one with tom hiddleston. Here's the Ralph Fiennes 2011 one.
Cymbelline: Here's the 2014 one.
Hamlet: the 1948 Laurence Olivier one is here. The 1964 russian version is here and the 1964 american version is here. The 1964 Broadway production is here, the 1969 Williamson-Parfitt-Hopkins one is there, and the 1980 version is here. Here are part 1 and 2 of the 1990 BBC adaptation, the Kenneth Branagh 1996 Hamlet is here, the 2000 Ethan Hawke one is here. 2009 Tennant's here. And have the 2018 Almeida version here. On a sidenote, here's A Midwinter's Tale, about a man trying to make Hamlet.
Henry IV: part 1 and part 2 of the BBC 1989 version. And here's part 1 of a corwall school version.
Henry V: Laurence Olivier (who would have guessed) 1944 version. The 1989 Branagh version here. The BBC version is here.
Julius Caesar: here's the 1979 BBC adaptation, here the 1970 John Gielgud one. A theater Live from the late 2010's here.
King Lear: Laurence Olivier once again plays in here. And Gregory Kozintsev, who was I think in charge of the russian hamlet, has a king lear here. The 1975 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. The 1974 version with James Earl Jones is here. The 1953 Orson Wells one is here.
Macbeth: Here's the 1948 one, there the 1955 Joe McBeth. Here's the 1961 one with Sean Connery, and the 1966 BBC version is here. The 1969 radio one with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is here, here's the 1971 by Roman Polanski, with spanish subtitles. The 1988 BBC one with portugese subtitles, and here the 2001 one). Here's Scotland, PA, the 2001 modern retelling. Rave Macbeth for anyone interested is here. And 2017 brings you this.
Measure for Measure: BBC version here. Hugo Weaving here.
The Merchant of Venice: here's a stage version, here's the 1980 movie, here the 1973 Lawrence Olivier movie, here's the 2004 movie with Al Pacino. The 2001 movie is here.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: the Royal Shakespeare Compagny gives you this movie.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: have this sponsored by the City of Columbia, and here the BBC version. Have the 1986 Duncan-Jennings version here. 2019 Live Theater version? Have it here!
Much Ado About Nothing: Here is the kenneth branagh version and here the Tennant and Tate 2011 version. Here's the 1984 version.
Othello: A Massachussets Performance here, the 2001 movie her is the Orson Wells movie with portuguese subtitles theree, and a fifteen minutes long lego adaptation here. THen if you want more good ole reliable you've got the BBC version here and there.
Richard II: here is the BBC version. If you want a more meta approach, here's the commentary for the Tennant version. 1997 one here.
Richard III: here's the 1955 one with Laurence Olivier. The 1995 one with Ian McKellen is no longer available at the previous link but I found it HERE.
Romeo and Juliet: here's the 1988 BBC version. Here's a stage production. 1954 brings you this. The french musical with english subtitles is here!
The Taming of the Shrew: the 1980 BBC version here and the 1988 one is here, sorry for the prior confusion. The 1929 version here, some Ontario stuff here, and here is the 1967 one with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. This one is the Shakespeare Retold modern retelling.
The Tempest: the 1979 one is here, the 2010 is here. Here is the 1988 one. Theater Live did a show of it in the late 2010's too.
Timon of Athens: here is the 1981 movie with Jonathan Pryce,
Troilus and Cressida can be found here
Titus Andronicus: the 1999 movie with Anthony Hopkins here
Twelfth night: here for the BBC, here for the 1970 version with Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright and Ralph Richardson.
Two Gentlemen of Verona: have the 2018 one here. The BBC version is here.
The Winter's Tale: the BBC version is here
Please do contribute if you find more. This is far from exhaustive.
(also look up the original post from time to time for more plays)
where did they get that shirt they wear in that one scene?
what is their typical morning routine?
what song got stuck in their head when they were in the grocery store just now and how do they feel about that?
what would happen to a houseplant in their care?
they're talking a 5 hour flight in economy class and they paid to choose their seat - which one do they go for?
how do they achieve a fully-assembled piece of IKEA furniture?
how would they deal with a malfunctioning computer?
what gives them ASMR - and is it a pleasant or unpleasant feeling?
what helps them fall asleep at night?
how do they behave when they have a bad cold? allergies? a migraine?
they have accidentally caused a fire - how did they do it and how do they react to it?
they are at the club - is this a good situation for them?
what is their opinion of street performers?
which social media platform(s) they use and which they hate
how do they feel about the idea that the tomato is a fruit?
where do they stand on Pluto, vis a vis its planetary status?
what would they do for a Klondike bar?
what kink did they learn about by accident on the internet, and they don't have it but they get it
who is their celebrity crush?
who is their small-time personal nemesis, separate from any big bad in the show (think neighbour, coworker, mail carrier etc.) and why do they hate them so much?
what is the last greeting card they bought? what occasion, who did they give it to, and what was the message inside?
what have they been putting off forever, even though it will only take 10 minutes?
i spent $32 on this fucking bowl at the moma and at first i felt bad buying it bc it was so expensive but ive had a terrible day today and every time i look at my lil bowl im like :o) you know what. i can get through anything with this bowl by my side
Trauma didn't make me nice, I consciously made me nice because I don't want anyone else to suffer like I did. Trauma didn't make me strong, I made me strong. Don't you dare ever tell me my trauma made me anything but scared, broken, and confused. Don't give credit to the abusers for me being a good person. They didn't make me good, I made myself good.
Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt.
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This whole scenario is so funny to me– Like imagine getting outted by yourself from the future. 🤣💥💪💘
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i only have $4.32 to my name but i would give it all to whoever decided to draw zuko’s contact photo from the latest chapter of unconditionally and irrevocably
This hc has been gnawing at my mind all night)) in the Fire Nation they propose with knives. we know that the NWT (and maybe SWT) propose w necklaces. I’m imagining Zuko giving Sokka this gorgeous knife but sokka doesn’t know it’s a proposal thing. So he’s like “thanks babe :)” and Zuko is just waiting for a yes or no. But sokka is oblivious. And so Zuko is like “he prolly just has to think abt it and talk to his fam”. Like a month passes and sokka mentions it to iroh and finds out the truth
Yes. Yes. YES!!!!
Okay, so
Zuko has been meticulously hand-carving the handle of this knife or weeks wanting to make sure it is absolutely perfect for when he proposes
and he’s so goddamn nervous and second guessing himself
like they might’ve been dating since the war ended but what if Sokka still thinks he’s moving too fast?
Or what if Sokka never actually intended for this to end in marriage?
(that’s crazy and Zuko knows it’s crazy but anxiety doesn’t have to make sense)
He’s so nervous he doesn’t even tell anyone his plans to propose because he’s so scared of failure and doesn’t want to deal with the ‘how’d it go?’ if the answer is ‘bad’
Zuko just decides it’s better if he kept this decision to himself until after he asks
Because then, if Sokka says ‘no’ well... Zuko won’t have to relive that every five minutes with everyone impatiently asking what happened
So he finally finishes the knife right before joining Sokka on a trip back to the South Pole
That’s where they met, after all (tho their meeting was definitely less than romantic lmao)
But it’s also where Zuko confessed his feelings for Sokka after the war
Where they had their first kiss
And where Sokka first said ‘I love you’ to Zuko
It only seems natural that he propose here, too
And it’s Sokka’s home
Like yeah, he might primarily live in the Fire Nation now but that doesn’t change anything
Their first day there is filled with catching up with Hakoda and Bato and Katara and Aang
So Zuko waits until the next day to give it to Sokka
It’s after dinner when everything calms down and the sun is setting that Zuko pulls Sokka outside over by the pier where he first confessed to him
And Zuko has this little speech that he’s planned out in his head which gets mangled together and bits and pieces thrown out until just the bare bones of it remain in a somewhat coherent form for him to say
Which essentially ends up being him rambling about how happy he’s been with Sokka and how much he loves him and recounting their first kiss that happened nearby several years ago
And he pulls out the knife and carefully presents it to Sokka while saying something hopelessly vague like
‘I wanted to give this to you. Please accept it.’ or ‘I hope you like this’ or even just nothing at all because this is Zuko we’re talking about lmao
And Sokka is like ‘wow - Did you make this?’
Zuko is just kinda like ‘yes?? it’s... tradition. Do you... like it?’
Sokka’s answer to that one is ‘it’s beautiful, Zuko’ and a kiss on the cheek
And Zuko is very confused because Sokka did not react at all like he expected
Like any of the worst or best case scenarios that Zuko’s run through in his mind (and there were a LOT of them) were so completely different
But Sokka didn’t really say ‘yes’ or ‘no’
(It doesn’t cross his mind that maybe Sokka doesn’t know what the knife was for)
But he doesn’t want to pressure Sokka for an answer because he knows that marriage is a big deal and all
He tries not to be hurt by the lack of an immediate answer, though because well maybe Sokka just wanted to talk things over with his family
and that’s fine, Zuko can wait
so he waits
and waits
....and waits
and his hopes are slowly dwindling but Sokka also hasn’t returned the knife or even... said anything about it.
He knows Sokka still has it, he’s seen it with him
Meanwhile, Sokka is trying to plan his own proposal and figuring out if he should make Zuko a betrothal necklace or maybe go with the Fire Nation tradition which...
he realizes he doesn’t actually know what that is
But he wants to find out and weigh his options or maybe he can combine the two traditions together somehow to make it really special
So he goes to talk to Iroh to 1. get his approval since he is essentially Zuko’s dad since Ozai is less than trash and 2. ask what the Fire Nation tradition is as far as marriage proposals go
So he takes a secret trip to Ba Sing Se and drops in just as Iroh’s closing up shop and they sit and drink tea
Iroh is THRILLED when Sokka tells him his plans to propose which takes a big weight off of Sokka’s shoulders already
...and then he asks what the Fire Nation tradition is
Iroh starts talking about it but Sokka doesn’t hear anything past ‘hand carved decorative knife’
bc ohFUCK
and Iroh like stops talking when he notices Sokka’s not listening anymore and is like ‘are you alright?’
And, shaking, Sokka pulls out the knife and holds it up and is like ‘would - is... does this look like a uh - a proposal knife, maybe?’
and Iroh looks at it and is like ‘Yes! That’s an excellent example. Where did you get that?’
And Sokka goes quiet and sheepishly is like ‘...Zuko gave it to me. Like. Three weeks ago.’
And Iroh’s just like deadpans ‘You are an excellent match for my nephew’
Sokka’s not sure if that’s supposed to be a compliment or not but, hey, the Uncle approves!
Now Sokka has to figure out how to un-fuck this situation, though
He travels back to the Fire Nation as quickly as possible and like sprints through the palace until he finds Zuko and like drops down in front of him, knife in hand and already rambling a million words per minute
About how he didn’t know Zuko was proposing marriage to him when he presented the knife
and essentially his whole journey realizing this including the parts where he was trying to figure out how to propose to Zuko
and ends it with ‘So YES, of course I want to marry you I just... didn’t know you were asking me to marry you when you gave me this bc i’m a dumbass’
Zuko is like shocked and has no idea what to do but also hella relieved bc omg he seriously thought Sokka was just trying to figure out how to turn him down this whole time and ahhh
and then Sokka is just like ‘so... so um... Is that offer still on the table? Are - Does this mean we’re engaged?’
and Zuko realizes he hasn’t said anything and breaks into a grin as he pulls Sokka into his arms to kiss him
only breaks the kiss to say something sappy or - actually, no, he’d be snarky af about it now that he knows it was a misunderstanding
prolly something like ‘No - I really want to see how you were planning on proposing, actually’
And like he’s teasing, of course, but Sokka still surprises him a week later with a betrothal necklace right before they make the official announcement of their engagement
(which there’s been a LOT of talk and rumors about with Sokka walking around with that damn knife not knowing what it was for lmao so no one’s really surprised in the slightest)
Iroh’s speech at their wedding consists of him recounting the moment when Sokka realized that his now-husband had just proposed to him... three weeks later sitting in the Jasmine Dragon lmao
But now you recall!
Look! Look!
They loves to play!
Rawr!
Their head is just one giant ball of floof!
I can’t even
How do they live? Being so cuTE??
Ugh!!
This has been a PSA. Baby cheetahs are everything good and pure in this world. Please imagine petting the floof head. Please feel better.
Just a place for me to keep all my random musings and fangirlingishness... Yerp.
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