The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 9.0927 Thursday, 1 October 1998.
[1] From: Richard Nathan <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 30 Sep 1998 14:45:28 +0000
Subj: Re: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
[2] From: Michael Ullyot <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 30 Sep 1998 12:01:30 PDT
Subj: Re: SHK 9.0904 Re: Titus: The Movie
[3] From: Scott Crozier <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 01 Oct 1998 09:36:25 +1000
Subj: Elopement and Escape
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From: Richard Nathan <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 30 Sep 1998 14:45:28 +0000
Subject: Re: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
Michael Friedman asked about the film "WHAT DREAMS MAY COME." The film
is based on a fantasy novel concerning the afterlife, which was written
by Richard Matheson about 20 years ago.
So the quote from HAMLET is appropriate to the subject matter, but other
than that, I don't recall any Shakespeare in the book.
I read somewhere that some people in Hollywood were concerned about the
title, because people who heard it and were not familiar with
Shakespeare thought it was "Wet Dreams May Come."
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From: Michael Ullyot <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 30 Sep 1998 12:01:30 PDT
Subject: 9.0904 Re: Titus: The Movie
Comment: Re: SHK 9.0904 Re: Titus: The Movie
Karen Coley has set off an interesting spate of responses to her query
about the new _Titus_ movie. Anthony Hopkins indeed! Perhaps he'll
recover from the disastrous spectacle of this summer's _Zorro_. On the
subject of new films, a recent string on SHAKSPER discussed the upcoming
film version of _Dream_. Any others currently in production? I'd
personally love to see a movie about the wanderings of Pericles, Prince
of Tyre. Complete with violent seastorms and Frankensteinian alchemy,
this play is one story that would delight a modern film audience-since
stage productions have obvious limitations.
Michael Ullyot
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From: Scott Crozier <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 01 Oct 1998 09:36:25 +1000
Subject: Elopement and Escape
Stuart Manger writes:
Spectacular example of elopement is, of course, in MND: Hermia and
Lysander. And interestingly, Shakespeare allows it to go wrong, as he
does (following sources) in R and J. I wonder why?
How does Shakespeare allow it to "go wrong"? They suffer but are
enriched by their experiences and when they return to civilization, they
are married. I would suggest that there are problems suggested by their
return, but at least their elopement was successful in the end.
Scott Crozier