Dead Famous William Shakespeare Print
Dead Famous William Shakespeare Print
The playlist they never made.
A beautifully designed A3 art print combining history, humour and music. Seven tracks specially chosen for William Shakespeare, alongside music they actually heard, or could have heard, in their lifetime. Scan the QR code to listen to the curated playlist on Spotify.
- Unframed: A3 (297 x 420 mm) giclée print on smooth matt art paper
- Dead Famous Series No. 002
- Printed to order and delivered in the UK
Framed option
- A3 Prodigi classic wooden frame (20mm face, 22mm depth) with a mount and Perspex glazing
- Frame colours: black or white (painted obeche) or natural (oak-effect laminate)
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No. 002 · Playwright · Baptised April 1564 – Died April 1616
“All The World's A Stage And I Want It Loud”
A working dramatist obsessed with structure, betrayal, comedy, and the persistence of love through ruin. He'd recognise a five-act build in any genre, and had a documented weakness for bawdy comic relief.
Editor's note Upon reviewing this playlist, Shakespeare is understood to have expressed satisfaction with the selection, noting that Bohemian Rhapsody was 'passable, though the guitar solo wanteth a lute.' He disputed Billy Ray Cyrus vigorously until Greensleeves played, at which point he wept quietly and asked for more brandy.
The seven
- 01Bohemian Rhapsody — Queen (1975)A man who wrote 37 plays would recognise a five-act structure anywhere. The operatic middle section is pure Globe Theatre.
- 02The Sound of Silence — Simon & Garfunkel (1964)His tragedies begin in silence — Hamlet's pauses, Lear's nothing. This song understands that.
- 03Jealous Guy — John Lennon (1971)Othello in four minutes. He would have wept, then stolen the melody for something darker.
- 04Running Up That Hill — Kate Bush (1985)The same obsessive, visionary strangeness he put into A Midsummer Night's Dream. Different medium, identical soul.
- 05I Will Survive — Gloria Gaynor (1978)Every heroine he ever wrote — Beatrice, Portia, Viola — sang this internally. He just lacked the disco beat.
- 06Hallelujah — Leonard Cohen (1984)The broken king, the failed love, the persistence of beauty through ruin. This is King Lear set to chords.
- 07Achy Breaky Heart — Billy Ray Cyrus (1992)The man wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor for a bet. He would have loved this unironically and then denied it.
Behind the playlist · No. 002
Behind the playlist.
The notes that go with this playlist on Spotify: why these seven, what they actually heard, and the Editor's note.
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