SHAKESPEARE MEETS DOWNTON: sarah o’brien as lady macbeth
O’BRIEN: Get him to trust you.
THOMAS: That’s easy to say, but how?
O’BRIEN: Make him grateful. Do him a good turn. Hide something he loves, then find it and give it back.
downton abbey sarah o'brien downtonians originally this was going to be in two parts look like the innocent flower with cora and serpent under't with thomas and the point wasn't - and isn't! - that o'brien is a 'serpent' the point is that she may not be a 'people person' but she DOES know people and these are two people she cares immensely about but who have almost wholly different perceptions of her oh o'brien ambition parallels spurring thomas forward parallels need for control and consumption via guilt phyllis logan may be a mean lady macbeth (and she is. she absolutely kills it go listen to her and weep) but elsie hughes isn't anywhere near the lady mac o'brien would be favourite fictional ladies shakespeare meets downton my graphics ify about the text but we'll manage going to do some requests now i think see what i can do
