05-10-2006, 07:18 PM | #121 |
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LOL! Those two need to GET MARRIED! hehehe
Here's an interesting tidbit about that one. It's about the difference between comedy and tragedy. In a comedy, everything starts out crazy but eventually it all works out. In a tragedy every starts outs OK but eventually it all goes awry. In R&J the first half, up to the wedding, is a comedy, and the second half is a tragedy. So it starts out crazy then everything works out then it all goes awry! Just about every other play ever written before R&J, even WS' own stuff, follows the formula. So R&J is the first to bust out of that formula. And it's also one of the most popular plays in the world, next to MacBeth. So busting the formula can pay off, sometimes. |
05-10-2006, 07:26 PM | #122 |
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yeah... but honestly, they were swaeing their love to eachother before they had said 100 words to eachother!!! Love? no, lust!
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05-10-2006, 09:26 PM | #123 |
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i've had to do a couple projects on ol' willie, and i love the fact that the greatest playwright in history was the son of a glover! oh the irony! huzzah basic education!
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05-10-2006, 09:38 PM | #124 |
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Really? That's awesome! The perverted sone of a glovemaker!
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06-16-2006, 03:37 PM | #125 |
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This year's Shakespeare in the Park is MacBeth. I dunno. MacBeth seems like it should be performed at night, and around Halloween. In the full daylight of summer... it's just not as creepy.
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06-16-2006, 09:00 PM | #127 |
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Our local festival is Much Ado.
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06-16-2006, 09:39 PM | #128 |
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Ours is Henry VI and Midsummer Night's Dream. And I'm in Midsummer! (only a minor role, Starveling, but still, yay!)
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06-20-2006, 04:31 PM | #132 |
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I hated that DiCaprio Romeo. To me it proved that Shakespeare is easy to botch.
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06-20-2006, 08:31 PM | #133 |
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blah on DeCraprio.
The only good part was the drag-fest. And the opening scene was pretty cool, but not cool enough to redeem the whole movie. |
06-20-2006, 11:08 PM | #134 |
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ah, big fan of Billy here...check it Billy Shakes
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i've read: romeo and juliet, macbeth, and that's it. i loved both of them to bits.
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It turned out that Macbeth worked well in the park. It was a twilight show and by the time Lady Macbeth was sleepwalking, it was dark. The gloom reflected the growing madness in the play. So it wasn't such a bad idea after all!
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07-13-2006, 03:14 AM | #138 |
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Shakespeare in the park isn't a bad idea... although after we open Midsummer Night's Dream in the park (on Friday, ) I may be singing a different tune... It's just volume that's really a problem. Parks eat your voice.
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07-13-2006, 01:24 PM | #139 |
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This lantern... *AHEM* ...
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07-14-2006, 04:41 AM | #140 |
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...horned moon
That'd be one of my lines.
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