[identity profile] espresso-addict.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] thisengland
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 & [livejournal.com profile] yuletide) where you hang out. Thanks for your help!

Date: 2011-10-04 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angevin2.livejournal.com
Well, as far as influential works go, [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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... :)

Date: 2011-10-04 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angevin2.livejournal.com
It's not the first histories fic ever written -- well, it's the first Richard II fic I know of, but there were a few Henry V fics written for Yuletide before that. I think this was the first non-Yuletide one, and it did establish a lot of the themes/tropes that tend to crop up in histories fics.

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