Shakespeare at Fanlore

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Hello. I hope this isn't off-topic here (if so please delete), but in my ongoing attempt to spread the rarelit love, I've created an article on the Shakespeare fandom over at Fanlore. I'm woefully aware that my perspective on the fandom is limited, and in particular I don't know the history plays at all. If any of you kind folks would care to wade in and provide a few examples from the history plays for the article that would be superb! Or just let me know which the (two or three) key works are -- I'm particularly trying to find influential early works or works that illustrate common tropes in the fandom. Also any other communities (other than here & yuletide) where you hang out. Thanks for your help!

Comments

[angevin2.livejournal.com]

Well, as far as influential works go, commodorified's "With No Less Terror than the Elements" (http://community.livejournal.com/shaksper_random/7157.html) is probably the earliest piece in histories-fandom-as-we-know-it. And lareinenoire's "An Exchange of Favours" (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/83/anexchange.html) really kicked off the AU trend, which is still going quite strong... :)

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Hi - thanks for the shout out in your article...(though I'm still trying to figure out how you got a noir feel out of my comedic The Pirate and the Puritan!)

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

Another comm you might want to check out is shaksper_random