more No-Fear Shakespeare lunacy

[a_t_rain]

'Cos sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying, here are some choice excerpts from Twelfth Night 2.3.

Real Shakespeare: "The Myrmidons are no bottle-ale houses."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "Great warriors aren’t mom-and-pop diners, you know."

Real Shakespeare: "A contagious breath."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "His breath stinks." (N.B. No, this is NOT what it means at all.)

Real Shakespeare: "Let our catch be 'Thou Knave'."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "Let's dance to 'You Jerk'."

Real Shakespeare: "Malvolio's a Peg-a-Ramsey."

No-Fear Shakespeare: "Malvolio's Little Bo-Peep."

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Lady Macbeth says, "Out, Damned No-Fear Shakespeare! Out, I say!"

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Also, I looked up Peg a Ramsey. Apparently she had a nursery rhyme and an indecent ballad named after her. I found part of the song:

Little Peg a Ramsey,
With the yellow hair,
Double ruff around her neck
And ne'er a shirt to wear.

I never heard of Bo-Peep wandering around nekkid from the waist up. At least not in MY Mother Goose.

Also, "ruff" had multiple meanings. In addition to being a fashion statement, a "ruff" was a court card (so "to ruff" meant "to trump") and "the wooden ruff" was the pillory. And a Double Ruff was a hand of cards in a game called Gleek.

I don't know if that's relevant--but I can picture Peg the gambler with cards hidden in the ruff around her neck as she uses her breasts to distract the other players. Granted, I can also see her stripped half-naked in the pillory.

Re: Lady Macbeth says, "Out, Damned No-Fear Shakespeare! Out, I say!"

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

Ha! Oh, that's priceless, especially if you try to imagine Malvolio dressed up as her.