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lavenderspark) wrote2016-04-22 10:45 am
lavenderspark) wrote2016-04-22 10:45 am
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Friday Five
1) What was the first Shakespeare play you read or seen preformed?
Probably Romeo & Juliet, though I'm not really sure.
2) What is your favorite Shakespeare play? 3) What is your least favorite Shakespeare play?
I'm lumping these together because it's been so long since I've read any Shakespeare that I don't remember. I can't even fully remember all of his works that I've read. :( I own several books of his plays and was a big fan in HS, but haven't touched any of them since then.
4) Who do you think wrote Shakespeare; are you a Stratfordian or Oxfordian?
I don't know that I ever really thought about it. I remember reading a theory once that supposedly revealed his identity through some of his love sonnets and always really liked that one.
5) Which Shakespeare plays have you read or seen or seen preformed?
I was in my HS's performance of Midsummer Night's Dream, just as a random fairy with one line, but it was fun. I've seen MacBeth done by a community children's theater, done by teenagers, not small children.
I've seen a few movie adaptations: Romeo & Juliet (both the 1968 version and the 1996 version), Hamlet (2000), I think I've seen bits and pieces of O (2001), 10 Things I Hate About You (supposedly a loose interpretation of Taming of the Shrew)(1999).
I'm unsure now what all I've actually read, but I think it's mostly the popular plays. Romeo & Juliet, MacBeth, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Taming of the Shrew, Tempest, and some of his sonnets. Some of the others seem familiar, but I don't know if it's because I've read them or just because they're part of my collection.
Probably Romeo & Juliet, though I'm not really sure.
2) What is your favorite Shakespeare play? 3) What is your least favorite Shakespeare play?
I'm lumping these together because it's been so long since I've read any Shakespeare that I don't remember. I can't even fully remember all of his works that I've read. :( I own several books of his plays and was a big fan in HS, but haven't touched any of them since then.
4) Who do you think wrote Shakespeare; are you a Stratfordian or Oxfordian?
I don't know that I ever really thought about it. I remember reading a theory once that supposedly revealed his identity through some of his love sonnets and always really liked that one.
5) Which Shakespeare plays have you read or seen or seen preformed?
I was in my HS's performance of Midsummer Night's Dream, just as a random fairy with one line, but it was fun. I've seen MacBeth done by a community children's theater, done by teenagers, not small children.
I've seen a few movie adaptations: Romeo & Juliet (both the 1968 version and the 1996 version), Hamlet (2000), I think I've seen bits and pieces of O (2001), 10 Things I Hate About You (supposedly a loose interpretation of Taming of the Shrew)(1999).
I'm unsure now what all I've actually read, but I think it's mostly the popular plays. Romeo & Juliet, MacBeth, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Taming of the Shrew, Tempest, and some of his sonnets. Some of the others seem familiar, but I don't know if it's because I've read them or just because they're part of my collection.
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2. Favorite is Hamlet. I know whatever. 3. Least favorite is Romeo and Juliet. I just can't relate to that play! Actually Taming of the Shrew might be worse.
4. Shakespeare. Not sure that it matters to me.
5. Othello in Santa Fe,
Henry VI pt 3 in Stratford,
The Tempist and King Lear in London,
MacBeth at Boscobel,
Hamlet in Sydney,
Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempist and Hamlet in several other locations.
I am 103% sure that I am forget a number of performances. I am pretty sure I saw Richard III live but do not remember where.
One of the most interesting Hamlets I saw was a fairly complete rendering of the full play performed by just three actors.
Too many film versions to contemplate. I really like Ian McKellen's Richard III, and didn't care for Mel Gibsons's Hamlet.
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This year the local Arts Festival has a Shakespeare theme going on, with Midsummer Night's dream as the opening act. All tickets sold out within the morning it started to go on sale.