Monday, November 23, 2009

Online Museum of Historical Kitsch, Shakespeare Edition

I was at the Folger -- premier library of all things Shakespeare -- to see a lovely, Caribbean-inspired production of Much Ado About Nothing (Hero, seriously, kick that self-absorbed, jealous, jumps-to-conclusions, slut-shaming guy to the curb!) where I saw this in the gift shop.*:


It represents one of the lesser-known sonnets: "Rubber Duckie, thou art the One/Thou makest bathtyme so much fun."


*I confess that I did not take this particular picture. The shop was a bit crowded and I felt self-concious.

3 comments:

Susan said...

I think the Folger used to have an Elizabeth I rubber duckie. But *I* have the Shakespeare Bobblehead.

Digger said...

Wow, it's compellingly freaky. I want to run away AND have one all at the same time....

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