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Posted By: Darien, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Thursday, April 8, 1999, at 09:47:52
In Reply To: Shakespeare posted by Howard on Wednesday, April 7, 1999, at 15:28:29:

> The last time I saw "Hamlet" it almost put me to sleep -- and that's my all time favorite. "Romeo and Juliet" hasn't held my attention in decades.

You see, that's my problem with Shakespeare. Don't get me wrong - I am, myself, a Shakespearian actor (one of nine people on this entire campus who were accepted to the Shakespeare group) and I love Slick Willy's works (especially Hamlet - don't even get me started), but no one ever knows how to do it. Everyone's so intent on playing everything so straight-up and classical that it doesn't hold anyone's attention ever.

People seriously have to lighten up when it comes to Shakespeare. Not that it shouldn't be taken seriously; but, even so, it's always better to perform it than simply to read it off the page and force Big Willy to do all the work himself.

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