Re: [AlwaysLearning] Shakespeare
Kelly Lovejoy
After years of avoiding Shakespeare because I had to read and memorize LOTS of it in high school, on Sandra's recommendation, I Netflixed The Reduced Shakespeare Company and laughed 'til I cried. Actually peed my pants. (Getting old sucks...and can be damp. <G>)
One of the few Shakespeare plays I had *not* read was Titus Andronicus, but the RSC piqued my interest. <g>
I Netflixed that a week or two ago. I popped it in the DVD player, and both my boys wandered in after about 10-20 minutes into it and sat all the way through with me, mesmerized. <g>
Interesting story...revenge. <G>
~Kelly
Kelly Lovejoy
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." ~Gandhi
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One of the few Shakespeare plays I had *not* read was Titus Andronicus, but the RSC piqued my interest. <g>
I Netflixed that a week or two ago. I popped it in the DVD player, and both my boys wandered in after about 10-20 minutes into it and sat all the way through with me, mesmerized. <g>
Interesting story...revenge. <G>
~Kelly
Kelly Lovejoy
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." ~Gandhi
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Sandra Dodd
-=-I Netflixed that a week or two ago. I popped it in the DVD player,
and both my boys wandered in after about 10-20 minutes into it and sat
all the way through with me, mesmerized. <g>
Interesting story...revenge. <G>-=-
Now, see?
I didn't like that video (Anthony Hopkins one) and didn't finish it. I
give myself permission to quit something even if it's something I have
already declared and known for sure that I like!
I like musicals, but I don't like Oklahoma, and haven't been able to
get all the way through it. I don't like South Pacific, and ditto;
can't make it through it. If I saw it in person, and there was social
expectation and I knew someone in the cast and we were all going to go
eat later, and the ticket had cost money, then maybe I could sit
through, but it would be a little like going to the dentist. But
there are lots of musicals I'm crazy about and I DO love the genre in
general, and I loved seeing JC Superstar locally where Judas was acted
as a south-valley cholo.
Maybe saying "I like musicals" is too much like a kid saying "I like
math" and then discovering that there are mathematical ideas or
projects or applications that don't interest him whatsoever. Someone
might LOVE like crazy astronomy and optics and physics and not give
one little rat's patootie about botany. Ooops. Then does he love
science or not?
So what I'm saying is...
Maybe it's possible to love Much Ado About Nothing because it's got
actors one's interested in, or to watch Hamlet to see whether Mel
Gibson can actually pull it off, and then forget it's Mel Gibson for
about an hour (as I did).
Some easy Shakespeare maybe, on video:
The Taming of the Shrew with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Pretty easy to follow.
The late-60's Romeo and Juliet. Pretty.
A Midsummer Night's Dream with Sam Rockwell playing a usually throw-
away part, and in the comic relief section doing something so poignant
you might cry.
Othello with Laurence Fishburne and Ken Branagh is well done but
heartbreaking. Save it for about twelfth, maybe.
But Henry V!!! Christian Bale, as a boy, playing the boy. <g>
Beautiful music. Cast of dozens, but they pull off the Battles of
Harfleur and Agincourt with close-ups and smoke and dust.
Sandra
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and both my boys wandered in after about 10-20 minutes into it and sat
all the way through with me, mesmerized. <g>
Interesting story...revenge. <G>-=-
Now, see?
I didn't like that video (Anthony Hopkins one) and didn't finish it. I
give myself permission to quit something even if it's something I have
already declared and known for sure that I like!
I like musicals, but I don't like Oklahoma, and haven't been able to
get all the way through it. I don't like South Pacific, and ditto;
can't make it through it. If I saw it in person, and there was social
expectation and I knew someone in the cast and we were all going to go
eat later, and the ticket had cost money, then maybe I could sit
through, but it would be a little like going to the dentist. But
there are lots of musicals I'm crazy about and I DO love the genre in
general, and I loved seeing JC Superstar locally where Judas was acted
as a south-valley cholo.
Maybe saying "I like musicals" is too much like a kid saying "I like
math" and then discovering that there are mathematical ideas or
projects or applications that don't interest him whatsoever. Someone
might LOVE like crazy astronomy and optics and physics and not give
one little rat's patootie about botany. Ooops. Then does he love
science or not?
So what I'm saying is...
Maybe it's possible to love Much Ado About Nothing because it's got
actors one's interested in, or to watch Hamlet to see whether Mel
Gibson can actually pull it off, and then forget it's Mel Gibson for
about an hour (as I did).
Some easy Shakespeare maybe, on video:
The Taming of the Shrew with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Pretty easy to follow.
The late-60's Romeo and Juliet. Pretty.
A Midsummer Night's Dream with Sam Rockwell playing a usually throw-
away part, and in the comic relief section doing something so poignant
you might cry.
Othello with Laurence Fishburne and Ken Branagh is well done but
heartbreaking. Save it for about twelfth, maybe.
But Henry V!!! Christian Bale, as a boy, playing the boy. <g>
Beautiful music. Cast of dozens, but they pull off the Battles of
Harfleur and Agincourt with close-ups and smoke and dust.
Sandra
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Robyn L. Coburn
The Helena Bonham Carter "Twelfth Night" is one of my favorites.
Also let's not forget "Shakespeare in Love" for a cool twist on the topic.
Just so full of theater in jokes. I love that movie.
Then either one of the "To Be or Not To Be"s that exist. Highlights from
Hamlet indeed.
Robyn L. Coburn
www.Iggyjingles.etsy.com
www.iggyjingles.blogspot.com
www.allthingsdoll.blogspot.com
Also let's not forget "Shakespeare in Love" for a cool twist on the topic.
Just so full of theater in jokes. I love that movie.
Then either one of the "To Be or Not To Be"s that exist. Highlights from
Hamlet indeed.
Robyn L. Coburn
www.Iggyjingles.etsy.com
www.iggyjingles.blogspot.com
www.allthingsdoll.blogspot.com
Gwen
There are also some movies that are based on Shakespeare:
Ten Things I Hate About You is based on Taming of the Shrew (I didn't really like this movie, but I know lots of people did)
O is based on Othello and is set (I think) around basketball in a high school.
Was Romeo + Juliet already mentioned? It was made in the early '90's I think.
Gwen
Ten Things I Hate About You is based on Taming of the Shrew (I didn't really like this movie, but I know lots of people did)
O is based on Othello and is set (I think) around basketball in a high school.
Was Romeo + Juliet already mentioned? It was made in the early '90's I think.
Gwen
--- On Thu, 2/26/09, Robyn L. Coburn <dezigna@...> wrote:
> The Helena Bonham Carter "Twelfth Night" is one of
> my favorites.
>
> Also let's not forget "Shakespeare in Love"
> for a cool twist on the topic.
> Just so full of theater in jokes. I love that movie.
>
> Then either one of the "To Be or Not To Be"s that
> exist. Highlights from
> Hamlet indeed.
>
> Robyn L. Coburn
> www.Iggyjingles.etsy.com
> www.iggyjingles.blogspot.com
> www.allthingsdoll.blogspot.com
Ward
Hi,
Movies based on Shakespeare - my kids really enjoyed "She's the Man" based on Twelfth Night. I haven't seen "12 things I hate about you" but I understand it is loosely based on Taming of the Shrew.
If you are lucky enough to know a drama coach who is inventive the teens can really enjoy acting in an abridged Shakespeare performance - last year my three aged 16, 14 and 12 were in a production of Hamlet in 10 minutes - they loved it.
Try attending a live production - in a small theatre the kids can often join in - my daughter got to raise the moon in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream when she was in the audience aged about 9. Actually that is a good show to see as the comedy get them over the hump of the language.
Julie Ward
NZ
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Movies based on Shakespeare - my kids really enjoyed "She's the Man" based on Twelfth Night. I haven't seen "12 things I hate about you" but I understand it is loosely based on Taming of the Shrew.
If you are lucky enough to know a drama coach who is inventive the teens can really enjoy acting in an abridged Shakespeare performance - last year my three aged 16, 14 and 12 were in a production of Hamlet in 10 minutes - they loved it.
Try attending a live production - in a small theatre the kids can often join in - my daughter got to raise the moon in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream when she was in the audience aged about 9. Actually that is a good show to see as the comedy get them over the hump of the language.
Julie Ward
NZ
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Sandra Dodd
-=-Also let's not forget "Shakespeare in Love" for a cool twist on the
topic.
Just so full of theater in jokes. I love that movie.-=-
I do too, but even more I love Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
**Love.**
Marty and Kirby liked it even before they knew Hamlet. Once you know
that, Hamlet's more fun. <bwg>
Sandra
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topic.
Just so full of theater in jokes. I love that movie.-=-
I do too, but even more I love Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
**Love.**
Marty and Kirby liked it even before they knew Hamlet. Once you know
that, Hamlet's more fun. <bwg>
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
-=-Was Romeo + Juliet already mentioned? It was made in the early
'90's I think.-=-
You just did! It's mentioned on one of those links I sent. Kirby
really liked it when he was "too young" to understand. I watched him
watch it. He was totally following it. I thought he'd want to take a
break, because it's long, but he politely shushed me because it was
too interesting to consider whether to save some for later.
-=-Ten Things I Hate About You is based on Taming of the Shrew (I
didn't really like this movie, but I know lots of people did)
-=-O is based on Othello and is set (I think) around basketball in a
high school.-=-
I enjoyed both of those, too. Good suggestions, I think, for those
who find the others daunting.
Sandra
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'90's I think.-=-
You just did! It's mentioned on one of those links I sent. Kirby
really liked it when he was "too young" to understand. I watched him
watch it. He was totally following it. I thought he'd want to take a
break, because it's long, but he politely shushed me because it was
too interesting to consider whether to save some for later.
-=-Ten Things I Hate About You is based on Taming of the Shrew (I
didn't really like this movie, but I know lots of people did)
-=-O is based on Othello and is set (I think) around basketball in a
high school.-=-
I enjoyed both of those, too. Good suggestions, I think, for those
who find the others daunting.
Sandra
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Katy Jennings
<<<<<but even more I love Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.>>>>>
It is being remade this year.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/
Katy
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It is being remade this year.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/
Katy
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Katy Jennings
Oops, sent the link to the 1990 one. Here is the 2009 version. Not much info yet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122775/
Katy
To: [email protected]
From: kjennings95@...
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:51:20 -0700
Subject: RE: [AlwaysLearning] Shakespeare
<<<<<but even more I love Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.>>>>>
It is being remade this year.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/
Katy
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122775/
Katy
To: [email protected]
From: kjennings95@...
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:51:20 -0700
Subject: RE: [AlwaysLearning] Shakespeare
<<<<<but even more I love Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.>>>>>
It is being remade this year.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/
Katy
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Sandra Dodd
-=-
Oops, sent the link to the 1990 one. Here is the 2009 version. Not
much info yet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122775/-=-
I think this is a vampire movie, and thought it involves Shakespeare
kind of, it's not the same play.
Sandra
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Oops, sent the link to the 1990 one. Here is the 2009 version. Not
much info yet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122775/-=-
I think this is a vampire movie, and thought it involves Shakespeare
kind of, it's not the same play.
Sandra
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Katy Jennings
D'OH!!
I didn't even notice that is says UNdead! I love vampire movies though, so Yay!
Katy
To: [email protected]
From: Sandra@...
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:13:17 -0700
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Shakespeare
-=-
Oops, sent the link to the 1990 one. Here is the 2009 version. Not
much info yet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122775/-=-
I think this is a vampire movie, and thought it involves Shakespeare
kind of, it's not the same play.
Sandra
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I didn't even notice that is says UNdead! I love vampire movies though, so Yay!
Katy
To: [email protected]
From: Sandra@...
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:13:17 -0700
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Shakespeare
-=-
Oops, sent the link to the 1990 one. Here is the 2009 version. Not
much info yet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122775/-=-
I think this is a vampire movie, and thought it involves Shakespeare
kind of, it's not the same play.
Sandra
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Brad Holcomb
I took a Shakespeare course in college, and about 50% of class time was
spent watching VHS videos of performances. My absolute favorite, that has
stuck with me since that 1987 classroom time and still brings a smile to my
face, was The Taming of the Shrew with Marc Singer as Petruchio (btw, his
sister, Lori Singer, was the love interest in Footloose). The professor had
to rewind many times because we were laughing so hard we were missing lots
of lines.
Looking at Amazon just now, it was released on DVD in 2002:
http://www.amazon.com/Taming-Shrew-Broadway-Theatre-Archive/dp/B00006G8HO
One of the Amazon reviewers says this:
"The bottom line is that if I was interested in turning young students onto
Shakespeare, in terms of the love of language and the joy in word play, then
this ACT production of "The Taming of the Shrew" from the Broadway Theater
Archive would be the one I would show them."
I just ordered a copy and can't wait to watch it again.
-=b.
--
Brad in Boulder, CO
http://holcombs.org
spent watching VHS videos of performances. My absolute favorite, that has
stuck with me since that 1987 classroom time and still brings a smile to my
face, was The Taming of the Shrew with Marc Singer as Petruchio (btw, his
sister, Lori Singer, was the love interest in Footloose). The professor had
to rewind many times because we were laughing so hard we were missing lots
of lines.
Looking at Amazon just now, it was released on DVD in 2002:
http://www.amazon.com/Taming-Shrew-Broadway-Theatre-Archive/dp/B00006G8HO
One of the Amazon reviewers says this:
"The bottom line is that if I was interested in turning young students onto
Shakespeare, in terms of the love of language and the joy in word play, then
this ACT production of "The Taming of the Shrew" from the Broadway Theater
Archive would be the one I would show them."
I just ordered a copy and can't wait to watch it again.
-=b.
--
Brad in Boulder, CO
http://holcombs.org
diana jenner
Christopher Moore has a book called Fool; loosely incorporating lots of
Shakespeare, from the perspective of the court's fool.
directly in the eye and said, "It's a HORNY book. Just so ya know." :D
The first chapter is available at
http://blog.chrismoore.com/index.php/archives/303
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
hannahsashes.blogspot.com
dianas365.blogspot.com
Shakespeare, from the perspective of the court's fool.
> This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder,We went to his signing and in describing the book, he looked Hayden (10)
> spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity
> and profanity, as well as non-traditional grammar, spit infinitives, and the
> odd wank. If that sort of thing bothers you, then gentle reader pass by, for
> we only endeavor to entertain, not to offend. That said, if that�s the sort
> of thing you think you might enjoy, then you have happened onto the perfect
> story!
>
directly in the eye and said, "It's a HORNY book. Just so ya know." :D
The first chapter is available at
http://blog.chrismoore.com/index.php/archives/303
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
hannahsashes.blogspot.com
dianas365.blogspot.com
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Pam Sorooshian
On 2/25/2009 9:27 PM, Sandra Dodd wrote:
I also really love the Baz Luhrmann street gangs version of Romeo and
Juliet from the mid 90's. I was prepared to dislike it - not a big fan
of either Leonardo DiCaprio or Claire Danes - but I really really
enjoyed it. So - West Side Story, the Zephirelli movie and the Baz
Luhrmann movie make an interesting three-piece set!
I think Macbeth makes a really great first introduction to Shakespeare,
by the way. It has witches and ghosts and murder and battles, etc., sort
of more like an action movie, than most of his plays.
-pam
> The late-60's Romeo and Juliet. Pretty.It is the Zephirelli version. It is gorgeous!
>
I also really love the Baz Luhrmann street gangs version of Romeo and
Juliet from the mid 90's. I was prepared to dislike it - not a big fan
of either Leonardo DiCaprio or Claire Danes - but I really really
enjoyed it. So - West Side Story, the Zephirelli movie and the Baz
Luhrmann movie make an interesting three-piece set!
I think Macbeth makes a really great first introduction to Shakespeare,
by the way. It has witches and ghosts and murder and battles, etc., sort
of more like an action movie, than most of his plays.
-pam
Sandra Dodd
-=- I think Macbeth makes a really great first introduction to
Shakespeare,
by the way. It has witches and ghosts and murder and battles, etc., sort
of more like an action movie, than most of his plays.-=-
Is there a video out easily available other than the 70's Playboy-
funded version with all the nudity? Nudity's fine with me, but some
people might not like it much.
Sandra
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Shakespeare,
by the way. It has witches and ghosts and murder and battles, etc., sort
of more like an action movie, than most of his plays.-=-
Is there a video out easily available other than the 70's Playboy-
funded version with all the nudity? Nudity's fine with me, but some
people might not like it much.
Sandra
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k
>>>> It is the Zephirelli version. It is gorgeous! <<<<Juliet from the mid 90's. I was prepared to dislike it - not a big fan
>>>> I also really love the Baz Luhrmann street gangs version of Romeo and
of either Leonardo DiCaprio or Claire Danes - but I really really
enjoyed it. So - West Side Story, the Zephirelli movie and the Baz
Luhrmann movie make an interesting three-piece set! <<<<
>>>> I think Macbeth makes a really great first introduction to Shakespeare,by the way. It has witches and ghosts and murder and battles, etc., sort
of more like an action movie, than most of his plays. <<<<
I took a special film elective. I'm visually oriented, so it was
perfect for me. Shakespeare in the Movies (English course). We
watched all the films mentioned in this thread. Are you sure you guys
weren't lurking invisibly in the back somewhere?
~Katherine
Bernadette Lynn
2009/2/26 Gwen <willow_selene@...>
Bernadette.
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>So is Kiss Me Kate
> There are also some movies that are based on Shakespeare:
>
> Ten Things I Hate About You is based on Taming of the Shrew
>
Bernadette.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/U15459
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