diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ console.print(":smiley: :vampire: :pile_of_poo: :thumbs_up: :raccoon:")
 <code>
         <pre style="font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace">😃 🧛 💩 👍 🦝 
 </pre>
-    </code>
+</code>
 
 Please use this feature wisely.
diff --git a/imgs/hello_world.png b/imgs/hello_world.png
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diff --git a/rich/_cache.py b/rich/_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09b1bbbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rich/_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from typing import Generic, TypeVar
+
+
+CacheType = TypeVar("CacheType")
+
+
+class LRUCache(Generic[CacheType], OrderedDict):
+    """
+    A dictionary-like container that stores a given maximum items.
+
+    If an additional item is added when the LRUCache is full, the least
+    recently used key is discarded to make room for the new item.
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, cache_size: int) -> None:
+        self.cache_size = cache_size
+        super(LRUCache, self).__init__()
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key: bytes, value: CacheType) -> None:
+        """Store a new views, potentially discarding an old value."""
+        if key not in self:
+            if len(self) >= self.cache_size:
+                self.popitem(last=False)
+        OrderedDict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key: bytes) -> CacheType:
+        """Gets the item, but also makes it most recent."""
+        value: CacheType = OrderedDict.__getitem__(self, key)
+        OrderedDict.__delitem__(self, key)
+        OrderedDict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
+        return value
diff --git a/rich/markup.py b/rich/markup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b9980ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rich/markup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+from operator import itemgetter
+import re
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from .errors import MarkupError
+from .text import Span, Text
+
+
+re_tags = re.compile(r"(\[\".*?\"\])|(\[.*?\])")
+
+
+def _parse(markup: str) -> Iterable[Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]]:
+    """Parse markup in to an iterable of pairs of text, tag.
+    
+    Args:
+        markup (str): A string containing console markup
+    
+    """
+    position = 0
+    for match in re_tags.finditer(markup):
+        escaped_text, tag_text = match.groups()
+
+        start, end = match.span()
+        if start > position:
+            yield markup[position:start], None
+        if tag_text is not None:
+            yield None, tag_text
+        else:
+            yield escaped_text[2:-2], None  # type: ignore
+
+        position = end
+    if position < len(markup):
+        yield markup[position:], None
+
+
+def render(markup: str) -> Text:
+    """Render console markup in to a Text instance.
+
+    Args:
+        markup (str): A string containing console markup.
+    
+    Raises:
+        MarkupError: If there is a syntax error in the markup.
+    
+    Returns:
+        Text: A test instance.
+    """
+    text = Text()
+    stylize = text.stylize
+
+    styles: Dict[str, List[int]] = defaultdict(list)
+    style_stack: List[str] = []
+
+    for plain_text, tag in _parse(markup):
+        if plain_text is not None:
+            text.append(plain_text)
+        if tag is not None:
+            if tag.startswith("[/"):
+                style_name = tag[2:-1].strip()
+                try:
+                    style_position = styles[style_name].pop()
+                except (KeyError, IndexError):
+                    raise MarkupError(
+                        f"closing tag {tag!r} at position {len(text)} doesn't match open tag"
+                    )
+                style_stack.remove(style_name)
+                stylize(style_position, len(text), style_name)
+            else:
+                style_name = tag[1:-1].strip()
+                styles[style_name].append(len(text))
+                style_stack.append(style_name)
+
+    text_length = len(text)
+    while style_stack:
+        style_name = style_stack.pop()
+        style_position = styles[style_name].pop()
+        text.stylize(style_position, text_length, style_name)
+
+    return text
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    text = """Hello [bold red]World[/bold red]!"""
+
+    from .console import Console
+
+    console = Console()
+    console.print(render(text))
+    console.print(len(render(text)))
+    console.print(len(render(text).text))