Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 0170. Wednesday, 2 March 1994.
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Date: Tuesday, 1 Mar 1994 16:53:39 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 5.0166 [Re: Ross]
(2) From: Robert White <
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Date: Tuesday, 01 Mar 1994 17:22:38 -0500 (EST)
Subj: Re: First Times with Shakespeare
(3) From: Patricia Palermo <PPALERMO@DREW.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 01 Mar 1994 16:56:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subj: Re: SHK 5.0164 Most Popular
(4) From: Patricia Gallagher <
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Date: Tuesday, 1 Mar 1994 21:08:21 -0600 (CST)
Subj: Re: *MND* on video
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From: Jean Peterson <
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Date: Tuesday, 1 Mar 1994 16:53:39 -0500
Subject: 5.0166 [Re: Ross]
Comment: Re: SHK 5.0166 [Re: Ross]
RE: Sean Lawrence's query about Ross (i.e., is Ross indeed insidious?).
I think there is a tendency for directorial choices to enter the cultural
"life" of a playtext with surprising tenacity: Polanski's choices create a
whole tradition of sinister Rosses, and it becomes an assumption that the part
must be played in this way (his only questionable action, as far as I recall,
is misguidedly reassuring Lady Macduff that all will be well; this could be
played as simple bad judgement--judgement as bad, in fact, as Macduff's).
I know I've seen entirely too many stage Mercutios who aped John McInery in the
Zeffirelli film--copying not only stage business, but vocal patterns and even
appearance.
Which is why SHAKESPERIANS living near Washington D.C. must betake themselves
to the Shakespeare Theater to catch Barry Kyle's *Romeo and Juliet*--a fresh,
original, inspired and utterly exhilarating staging!
Jean Peterson
Bucknell University
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From: Robert White <
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Date: Tuesday, 01 Mar 1994 17:22:38 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: First Times with Shakespeare
I am struck with the number of respondents who have stated or implied that
memorization was an important element of their first significant encounter with
Shakespeare. For me, it was a twelfth-grade assignment to memorize certain
passages from _Macbeth_; and to this day when the "Tomorrow and tomorrow" lines
ring in my mind, they enchant me. For other respondents, a more or less
successful debut on stage did the trick. Memorization is out of fashion as a
teaching method these days, but I wonder if we might be missing the boat by
abandoning it altogether. I know of no better way to get students to absorb
the rhythms and beauty of language. I wonder how many SHAKSPERians require
memory work of their students and how successful they've been with this
approach.
Robert A. White, The Citadel
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From: Patricia Palermo <PPALERMO@DREW.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 01 Mar 1994 16:56:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: 5.0164 Most Popular
Comment: Re: SHK 5.0164 Most Popular
Don Rowan asks which of Shakespeare's plays might be the most popular. If the
number of words written about a given play are any evidence of its popularity,
then _Hamlet_ wins hands down.
Patricia Palermo
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From: Patricia Gallagher <
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Date: Tuesday, 1 Mar 1994 21:08:21 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: *MND* on video
According to "Shakespeare on Screen" by Rothwell & Melzer, there is a
video of the 1935 "Midsummer Night's Dream" available for sale from
Warner Brothers (price $19.95).
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