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Wait, you mean you've not seen a full production of Dream? Seriously?
Nope. I've only seen, of Shakespeare, in play form ... thinks real hard
Much Ado About Nothing at Stratford.
And I didn't like it and couldn't understand it.
I'm not the biggest fan of Shakespeare which drives Sean to distraction and after I post this, he'll say that I'm wrong and if I just read it or saw a proper production I would be a fan.
You should watch the movie version of Much Ado About Nothing with Branagh and Thompson. Many hot men in leather pants.
And naked men with floppy bits on screen during the opening credits, too!
I'm not the biggest fan of Shakespeare which drives Sean to distraction and after I post this, he'll say that I'm wrong and if I just read it or saw a proper production I would be a fan.
No, I don't think you're wrong.
But your second prediction is correct. But only because badly performed Shakespeare is excruciating and impossible to understand, and a proper production makes all the difference in the world.
And reading it doesn't help. Especially if you've already been "meh" on Shakespeare. It's meant to be spoken aloud -- ETA: And delivered correctly.
It's like Joss dialog. Seriously.
points at what Dana & Kathy & Sean said
Shakespeare is indeed made of awesome, but it takes seeing it to get it. Sometimes it takes living it to get it.
Maybe we'll hop up to Stratford. They're doing King Lear and Merchant of Venice now through October.
ETA: Ooooh! Graham Greene is playing Shylock. Neat!
Maybe we'll hop up to Stratford. They're doing King Lear and Merchant of Venice now through October.
Shakespeare in Stratford? Unpossible!
King Lear is my favorite of the tragedies, Aims! Go see it!
Aimee, the other solution would probably be to watch "Slings and Arrows", which is, among other things, a show about people who love Shakespeare.
I think Aims should do all of that (Stratford and Slings). Though probably not S3 of S&A until she sees Lear at Stratford.