William Shakespeare - Page 7

Elfhelm · 05-10-2006, 07:18 PM

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.

Elanor's Angel · 05-10-2006, 07:26 PM

yeah... but honestly, they were swaeing their love to eachother before they had said 100 words to eachother!!! Love? no, lust!

durinsbane2244 · 05-10-2006, 09:26 PM

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!

Elanor's Angel · 05-10-2006, 09:38 PM

Really? That's awesome! The perverted sone of a glovemaker!

Elfhelm · 06-16-2006, 03:37 PM

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.

Forkbeard · 06-16-2006, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elfhelm

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.

Certainly performed at night, at least....or start at twilight....

Mercutio · 06-16-2006, 09:00 PM

Our local festival is Much Ado.

Count Comfect · 06-16-2006, 09:39 PM

Ours is Henry VI and Midsummer Night's Dream. And I'm in Midsummer! (only a minor role, Starveling, but still, yay!)

Mercutio · 06-17-2006, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Count Comfect

Ours is Henry VI and Midsummer Night's Dream. And I'm in Midsummer! (only a minor role, Starveling, but still, yay!)

That's quite exciting

GreyMouser · 06-19-2006, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elfhelm

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.

In Vancouver (B.C.) we always had Theater Under the Stars in summer- being the West Coast, it often turned into Theater Under the Umbrellas

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-19-2006, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenir_LacDanan

Just on the Shakespeare "movies", as we seem to be calling them, I would like to know what people thought of Baz Lurhmanns Romeo and Juliet, with Di Caprio and Danes in the title role.
I thought it was great, and I'm not even that much a fan of that particular play. I felt it helped to make shakespeare modern, and it went to prove that his work is indeed timeless

Warning! Warning! Contradiction alert!

Elfhelm · 06-20-2006, 04:31 PM

I hated that DiCaprio Romeo. To me it proved that Shakespeare is easy to botch.

klatukatt · 06-20-2006, 08:31 PM

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.

durinsbane2244 · 06-20-2006, 11:08 PM

ah, big fan of Billy here...check it Billy Shakes

jammi567 · 07-03-2006, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elfhelm

I hated that DiCaprio Romeo. To me it proved that Shakespeare is easy to botch.

Why? I personally thought it was brilliant, especially as they used the play, but just put it into a modern setting.

jammi567 · 07-08-2006, 09:56 AM

i've read: romeo and juliet, macbeth, and that's it. i loved both of them to bits.

Elfhelm · 07-12-2006, 02:04 PM

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!

Count Comfect · 07-13-2006, 03:14 AM

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.

Elfhelm · 07-13-2006, 01:24 PM

This lantern... *AHEM* ...

This lantern doth the moon present!

Count Comfect · 07-14-2006, 04:41 AM

...horned moon

That'd be one of my lines.

05-10-2006, 07:26 PM	#122
Elanor's Angel Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hiding under my bed reading LOTR at 1:43am, Middle earth (Seattle WA) Posts: 1,239	yeah... but honestly, they were swaeing their love to eachother before they had said 100 words to eachother!!! Love? no, lust! __________________ ~And the Geek shall inherit the Earth! Vote Trolls' Bane/Elanor's Angel 2008!!!

05-10-2006, 09:26 PM	#123
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	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! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

05-10-2006, 09:38 PM	#124
Elanor's Angel Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hiding under my bed reading LOTR at 1:43am, Middle earth (Seattle WA) Posts: 1,239	Really? That's awesome! The perverted sone of a glovemaker! __________________ ~And the Geek shall inherit the Earth! Vote Trolls' Bane/Elanor's Angel 2008!!!

06-16-2006, 09:00 PM	#127
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Our local festival is Much Ado. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

06-16-2006, 09:39 PM	#128
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Ours is Henry VI and Midsummer Night's Dream. And I'm in Midsummer! (only a minor role, Starveling, but still, yay!) __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

05-10-2006, 07:18 PM	#121
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	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.

06-16-2006, 03:37 PM	#125
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	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.

06-20-2006, 04:31 PM	#132
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	I hated that DiCaprio Romeo. To me it proved that Shakespeare is easy to botch.

06-20-2006, 08:31 PM	#133
klatukatt Entmoot's Drunken Uncle Join Date: May 2005 Location: ghost Posts: 1,792	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
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	ah, big fan of Billy here...check it Billy Shakes __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

07-08-2006, 09:56 AM	#136
jammi567 I'm Eru, and lord of Arda. Join Date: May 2006 Location: southampton, hampshire Posts: 2,609	i've read: romeo and juliet, macbeth, and that's it. i loved both of them to bits. __________________ Vote for me, Jammi567, in the 2008 Entmoot elections, and you will get many of the things we need: free, unbiased, newspapers; a strong alliance with many countries, so that war doesn't start over someone breaking their nose on a doorframe; etc, etc This forum is lonely. It's new and confused, and doesn't have many friends yet. Help today by joining for free, posting, and posting this message and link in your sig. So please, join and help make it feel welcomed and loved.

07-12-2006, 02:04 PM	#137
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	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!

07-13-2006, 03:14 AM	#138
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	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. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

07-13-2006, 01:24 PM	#139
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	This lantern... AHEM ... This lantern doth the moon present!

07-14-2006, 04:41 AM	#140
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	...horned moon That'd be one of my lines. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

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