Shakespeare on the telly

[urban genie]

Why is it only during holiday periods does this happen?

Just watched twelth night on bbc2 and remember king lear was on at easter, but seems that it is rarely on any other time.

Such a shame as they are not on more often and given more coverage to a modern audience

 

[sir baconface]

Lightweight shite. Will never catch on.

 

[Daz_Blue]

TV or not TV that is the question .....

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Once more to the remote control, dear friends. Once more.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Why is it only during holiday periods does this happen?

Because now is the winter of our discontent.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Lightweight shite. Will never catch on.

I wouldn't say shite. Bard, but not shite.

 

[aguero93:20]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.


Always thought the above described modern TV shows quite well.

 

[Bill Walker]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.


Always thought the above described modern TV shows quite well.

“Double, double toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”

 

[The Ledge]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.


Always thought the above described modern TV shows quite well.

Macbeth was incredible. Polanski's film version was great!

 

[urban genie]

Interestingly Shakespeare loved to sneak the word çunt into a lot of his plays as well as other offensive words.
In fact much ado about nothing title was considered to be about the comedy of errors in that caused a fuss amongst the players, where Nothing was actially Elizabethan slang for the vagina and he was being cheeky with the title