Shakespeare
Re: Shakespeare
I'd reccommend the 2000 version of A Midsummer Nights Dream starring Nina Hartley. For some reason they renamed it "A Midsummer Night's Cream" and it was a little different from what I remember being read in the classroom. Still it helped me out a lot in my English Literature A level exam.
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BeestonBoy
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Re: Shakespeare
Saw this and thought of you....
Most enjoyable
Cheers
BB
Most enjoyable
Cheers
BB
'I see the usual gang of misfits and dope addicts are here'
Re: Shakespeare
Taming of the Shrew.
Classic!
Classic!
The West London of my youth is now on dvd
I've met the man on the street............and he's a cunt
I've met the man on the street............and he's a cunt
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BeestonBoy
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Re: Shakespeare
Hey Ace!!
Good to see ya!!
Taming of the Shrew is a wonderfull piece of work indeed. Managed to see the RSC do it a few years ago. Breath taking!!
Have you ever seen "10 things I hate about you" ? A really good modern re-working. Certainly worth a look if you have not had the pleasure.
Hope your well chap!! And all the very best!!
BB
Good to see ya!!
Taming of the Shrew is a wonderfull piece of work indeed. Managed to see the RSC do it a few years ago. Breath taking!!
Have you ever seen "10 things I hate about you" ? A really good modern re-working. Certainly worth a look if you have not had the pleasure.
Hope your well chap!! And all the very best!!
BB
'I see the usual gang of misfits and dope addicts are here'
Re: Shakespeare
Yep, have that as afters for a bit of light relief. Main course: Othello- the
plot has been palely imitated by every soap-opera ever written, and for a
Bard beginner it's not overly laden with abstruse language or
philosophising.
Work up through the comedies [especially the Falstaffian ones], avoid
most of the histories [H V and R III being the obvious exceptions], try a
Roman or two [A&C is fairly easy going but do not attempt Titus Andronicus
alone or on a full stomach], step up a bit then to Macb. and leave the
towering Ham. and Lear till last [BTW poll: who was the most
pale-and-interesting Cordelia ever?].
The kids' BBC2 puppet-versions are a nice intro for the complete tyro and
if you can bear it an annotated 'complete' is worth having for obscure
language and references [Penguin Classics, I think, still have them in
nicely laid-out single paperbacks for tedious commutes].
plot has been palely imitated by every soap-opera ever written, and for a
Bard beginner it's not overly laden with abstruse language or
philosophising.
Work up through the comedies [especially the Falstaffian ones], avoid
most of the histories [H V and R III being the obvious exceptions], try a
Roman or two [A&C is fairly easy going but do not attempt Titus Andronicus
alone or on a full stomach], step up a bit then to Macb. and leave the
towering Ham. and Lear till last [BTW poll: who was the most
pale-and-interesting Cordelia ever?].
The kids' BBC2 puppet-versions are a nice intro for the complete tyro and
if you can bear it an annotated 'complete' is worth having for obscure
language and references [Penguin Classics, I think, still have them in
nicely laid-out single paperbacks for tedious commutes].
"a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the
signification...."
signification...."