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Posted By: Howard, on host 205.184.139.147
Date: Thursday, April 8, 1999, at 18:41:00
In Reply To: Re: Shakespeare posted by Darien on Thursday, April 8, 1999, at 09:47:52:

> > 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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> Dar "To post, or not to post; that is not much of a question" ien
I'm a Shakespearian actor, too, it you count non-speaking parts. I built scenery and wired a few lights. I remember the director doing one minor rewrite. She was afraid "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well," would get a laugh in the wrong place, so she changed it to "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio." Nobody laughted.
Howard

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