tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post9061684302101029485..comments2023-05-04T05:30:52.090-04:00Comments on Third Floor Republic: Quote of the Daystrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-82782019298891017272011-08-04T00:01:21.752-04:002011-08-04T00:01:21.752-04:00Oh yeah, that crowd was pretty select.Oh yeah, that crowd was pretty select.strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-39105191351248525552011-08-03T09:20:35.969-04:002011-08-03T09:20:35.969-04:00They were all amazing actors, didn't you find....They were all amazing actors, didn't you find. You usually expect in a group of people one or two who will impress you, but there was not a mediocre actor in that crowd. And McKellar's "I know not why I am so sad today", and Judi Dench playing en travesti role, and the Shylocks and the Lears and the whole shebang. And Barton speaking the verses in (how the indications are) Elizabethan English (sounded)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-21960967296033289432011-08-03T01:02:51.646-04:002011-08-03T01:02:51.646-04:00Duly noted and corrected, with thanks. Where was t...Duly noted and corrected, with thanks. Where was the brain wandering off to while these hands were typing away? We will never know.<br /><br />Playing Shakespeare, lol, 'twas not so old when I taped it off WNYC back in the day. Patrick Stewart and David Suchet @ Dueling Shylocks is awesome but the coolest moment is Michael Pennington just saying the words "Ah sir, there's many a Greek and Trojan dead since last I saw yourself and Diomed' in Ilion upon your Greekish embassy." Srsly killer line. (And that dude, btw, was a kick-ass Henry V.)strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-82243102043903579272011-08-02T22:36:30.282-04:002011-08-02T22:36:30.282-04:00But more to the point: since I have huge huge huge...But more to the point: since I have huge huge huge understanding problems with Shakespearean English, I try to find help wherever I can. This was recently very useful: Playing Shakespeare, an old BBC TV master class series with Shakespearean actors. A little showing its age, but generally solid for the contemporary viewer too:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Playing-Shakespeare-John-Barton/dp/B001O7R75O/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1312338732&sr=1-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584861835606857635.post-74121421844248616102011-08-02T22:29:33.939-04:002011-08-02T22:29:33.939-04:00Oh you are sweet. I rushed to the link, thinking, ...Oh you are sweet. I rushed to the link, thinking, "I had no idea Christopher Isherwood wrote about opera! Or Shakespeare!"<br /><br />Charles is maybe related, who knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com