'War Stories'
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."
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.
Rigg, McKern, Tuten at all. That's the one.
Oh! And John Hurt as the Fool, right? That was an AMAZING cast.
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.
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).
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*
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.
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.
I'd love a new shiny movie version of the Scottish play. That's always been my favorite.
I saw it in April in Stratford-Upon-Avon by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and it was amazing! Squee!
Martha Grimes' The Dirty Duck
It's a pity Martha Grimes has started repeating herself. I'm very tired of her always having some orphan or something lurking about. Richard Jury needs to just damned well grow up.
I've completely blanked on the author--I'm really horrible at that--but there's a mystery series with Shakespeare in the early days and an actor buddy of his falling into situations and having to figure them out. You get to see Will cribbing lines from people and stealing their names and their lives for later works.