I think that i saw the version of the Shrew that Julianna saw. I really liked it - really broadly done - so the things that make it so disturbing to the modern viewer , aren't a problem.
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
beth b - Jun 17, 2004 9:31:29 am PDT #3444 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2004 9:34:25 am PDT #3445 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
The author suggested that Shakespeare and Marlowe should have fallen in love, and Marlowe's death to have been the kick in the butt Shakespeare needed to improve his writing.
Nutty, have you read Martha Grimes' The Dirty Duck? She uses the Marlowe/Shakespeare connection as a sort of subtheme, a thread running through the mystery. And she sets it mostly in Stratford.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 17, 2004 9:37:26 am PDT #3446 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Rigg, McKern, Tuten at all. That's the one.
Oh! And John Hurt as the Fool, right? That was an AMAZING cast.
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2004 9:39:43 am PDT #3447 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh! And John Hurt as the Fool, right? That was an AMAZING cast.
Yes, indeed. And let us not forget Jeremy Kemp as Cornwall. And lovely lovely David Threlfall as Edgar.
And Anna Calder Marshall taking the thankless task of interpreting Cordelia without making her saintly, and doing it beautifully.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 17, 2004 9:43:23 am PDT #3448 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And just looking now, I noticed Brian Cox was in it as well (can't remember who Burgandy is in the play, though).
Also, I'm unreasonably fond of Polanski's version of the Scottish play, despite some significant liberties with the text (although more in terms of the action than the speech).
Jen - Jun 17, 2004 9:46:54 am PDT #3449 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Somehow, I think Shakespeare might be the last thing on our minds... IJS.
I should tell you that I find iambic pentameter very, very sexy. *ahem*
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2004 9:47:20 am PDT #3450 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
can't remember who Burgandy is in the play, though
Burgundy and France are both suitors for Cordelia at the beginning of the play. When Lear revokes her dowry, Burgundy says, no thanks. France loves Cordelia for herself.
deborah grabien - Jun 17, 2004 9:48:16 am PDT #3451 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Also, I'm unreasonably fond of Polanski's version of the Scottish play
Gods, yes. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis. I adore that version, unlike the largely unwatchable Orson Welles version.
Lilty Cash - Jun 17, 2004 9:49:50 am PDT #3452 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I'd love a new shiny movie version of the Scottish play. That's always been my favorite.
Pix - Jun 17, 2004 9:55:06 am PDT #3453 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
I saw it in April in Stratford-Upon-Avon by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and it was amazing! Squee!