Rigg, McKern, Tuten at all. That's the one.
Oh! And John Hurt as the Fool, right? That was an AMAZING cast.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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."
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"
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!
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2004 9:56:18 am PDT #3454 of 10002
brillig
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.
Maysa - Jun 17, 2004 9:56:26 am PDT #3455 of 10002
See, that's precisely how I've always seen him: a teenager with a really severe Oedipal thing going on, sulky, self-absorbed, not remotely heroic, and extremely physical because he's uncomfortable in his body.
I've always seen him as a post-grad, mid-twenties guy. Someone who really likes being an intellectual, hanging out with actors, discussing the meanings of things. I think that's the problem with Hamlet. When you read the play his voice is so strong that everybody has his/her own idea about him. I've never seen a Hamlet to equal the guy in my head. (Although I've never seen the Olivier version, it's next on my Netflix queue. Yay! I've joined Netflix!) I hate the Mel Gibson movie though, because I think the Oedipal stuff should never be that overt (it's there without the blatant allusions). Also, Glen Close is like 7 years older than Mel.