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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1046 Wednesday, 12 May 2004 From: Kajsa Erickson <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:19:44 -0400 Subject: Cinematheque Ontario presents KING LEAR (USSR, 1970) Wed. June 16 only Cinematheque Ontario presents... KING LEAR (KOROL LIR) Director: Grigori Kozintsev USSR 1970 140 minutes Cast: Yuri Jarvet, Elsa Radzinya "It will stand as one of the unshakable edifices of Shakespearean imagination. That it was made in the Soviet Union . . . only gives it another dimension" (Penelope Gilliatt, The New Yorker). Like all Soviet studios, Lenfilm made its share of adaptations of classic world literature, but HAMLET and KING LEAR, both directed by Grigori Kozintsev, are among the greatest film versions of Shakespeare. One critic has written that "of all Shakespeare's tragedies, King Lear is perhaps the best suited to Russian adaptation, being the longest, wildest, starkest, and most replete with pain and suffering at all levels." Yet while Kozintsev surely plumbs the depths of Shakespeare's despair, he has nonetheless fashioned a brilliant film that is never less than exhilarating. Using Boris Pasternak's translation, Kozintsev captures both the chaos of battle and the deepening madness of the king. As Lear loses command over his land, his daughters, and finally himself, the tragedy moves inexorably to its shattering climax. With a superb score by Shostakovich. Wednesday, June 16, 8:00 p.m. Please note: All public Cinematheque Ontario screenings are held at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. West (McCaul Street entrance), Toronto. Regular tickets are $6.00 for Members; $5.50 for Student Members and Seniors; and $10.10 for Non-Members. Tickets are on sale Wednesday May 19; non-members can purchase tickets three days in advance of a screening. All screenings are restricted to individuals 18 years of age or older, unless otherwise noted. For ticket information, call the Bell Infoline at 416-968-FILM or visit the Official website: www.bell.ca/cinematheque _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1045 Tuesday, 11 May 2004 [Editor's Note: I wish that I had more time to explain in detail, to write cleverly, to be philosophical, to discuss the books I have read recently, to . . . but I don't. This is a real crunch time for me. This topic has been too far off base for several days and is now at an end. -Hardy] [1] From: D Bloom <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 May 2004 14:58:44 -0500 Subj: RE: SHK 15.1036 More W s Hal, Kerry is Hamlet Crap [2] From: TJ Sellari <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:06:10 +0800 Subj: Re: SHK 15.1036 More W s Hal, Kerry is Hamlet Crap [1]----------------------------------------------------------------- From: D Bloom <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 May 2004 14:58:44 -0500 Subject: 15.1036 More W s Hal, Kerry is Hamlet Crap Comment: RE: SHK 15.1036 More W s Hal, Kerry is Hamlet Crap R. A. Cantrell writes some of the most brilliant satire I've read in a long time: >"The teeth (tooth?) gnashing, tail chasing, screeching hissyfit that >Liberals are pitching in an attempt to diminish President George W. Bush >is extremely gratifying and somewhat entertaining. If you scrubbed the >ambition off John Kerry, there wouldn't be enough left to cast a >shadow in the noonday sun. The more apt Kerry analog from Hamlet is >Osric, ameddling with his bonnet, one finger in the wind. The dregs of >the drossy age that is attempting to dote on Kerry will be swept up with >him, and together they will make a nice, soft plop in the bottom of >history's dumpster. George W. Bush, third George in the Pantheon of >American Presidents, will be styled "George the Conqueror," since >"George the Great" will forever be retained by Washington." With amazing skill he exactly replicates the humorless, confused and frenzied invective of the right wing true-believer. Some of these images will remain in memory for a long time. Osric, for example, keeping one finger in the wind while "ameddling with his bonnet." Or the platitudinous mediocrity of "hissyfit." Many a smile there. And, of course, the thigh-slapping, gallus-snapping absurdity of "George the Conqueror," as notable for his courage in combat as for his complete absence of ambition. Geez, I wish I could write like that. Cheers, don [2]------------------------------------------------------------- From: TJ Sellari <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:06:10 +0800 Subject: 15.1036 More W s Hal, Kerry is Hamlet Crap Comment: Re: SHK 15.1036 More W s Hal, Kerry is Hamlet Crap On Friday, 07 May 2004 10:06:43, R. A. Cantrell wrote: >George W. Bush, third George in the Pantheon of >American Presidents, will be styled "George the Conqueror," since >"George the Great" will forever be retained by Washington. `George the Terrible' is much more likely. Tom _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1044 Tuesday, 11 May 2004 From: Richard Burt <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 May 2004 18:04:58 -0400 Subject: Supreme Court to Weigh in on HV and GW Bush Three Free Events Slated as Henry Plays Begin Revolving Repertory As Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 begin a final two week revolving repertory where theatergoers can see both plays back to back, Shakespeare Theatre has slated programs at the theater designed to give audiences a deeper understanding of the history and issues raised in the plays. . . . on Monday May 17, the day after the repertory ends, there will be a debate on the topic "Resolved: That the Invasion of France Was Justified" which will focus in part on parallels, if any, between the fifteenth century invasion dealt with by Shakespeare and the contemporary invasion of Iraq. United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer will act as presiding judge while participants in the debate include a former director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, a columnist from the New York Times, the editor-in-chief of Forbes FYI, a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, Chris Matthews, host of the "Hardball" television show, Theodore B. Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States, former Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington. For information or reservations, call 202-547-1122. _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1043 Tuesday, 11 May 2004 From: Bill Arnold <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Monday, 10 May 2004 06:29:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: 15.1035 The Murder of Gonzago Comment: Re: SHK 15.1035 The Murder of Gonzago Matthew Baynham writes, "I confess I had not realised that Bill Arnold was one of the many who claims to have isolated the pure thought of Jesus from the distorting accretions of organised religion." OK: my book is my book is my book, and my book does that precisely! On the back cover of my book, I wrote: "What did Jesus mean by His most prophetic words, "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done"? In a brief, chronological easy-to-read book, you can experience Jesus first hand through His words. For a full understanding of Jesus as you have never had before, venture into this armchair voyaer's dream." In other words, the *WORDS* of Jesus belie organized religions evoking his name. Then Matthew Baynham writes, "But mainly I want to question Bill's musings on Shakespeare's faith, which sound to me rather too modern." OK: I was responding to a question, myself, and was not promoting the notion that I knew, understood or even remotely wished to imply I had any inkling of Will S.'s beliefs. I do not know, do not understand his beliefs, nor do I think it is relevant to this topic. My point was and is: in the play *Hamlet* the opening scene ACT I posits a spirit of the *Father* from the other realm, and his statements and those of the *Son* suggest to me that the play turns on New Testament knowledge. Thus, it behooves scholars so interested in the play to investigate the NT allusions, and other Biblical allusions in the play, in order to better understand the intellectual context of a good vs. a bad spirit, a good vs. a bad king, a good vs. a bad state of affairs in a kingdom, state, or nation. Bill Arnold http://www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/scholars/arnold.htm _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1042 Tuesday, 11 May 2004 From: Norman Hinton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > Date: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 11:57:28 -0500 Subject: 15.1031 The Wars of the Roses Comment: Re: SHK 15.1031 The Wars of the Roses The 2004 Britannica does not have an answer, but I thought this paragraph might be of interest: Fought between the Houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, the wars were named many years afterward from the supposed badges of the contending parties: the white rose of York and the red of Lancaster. The OED has quotations identifying the various factors with white or red roses from the 16th and 17th centuries, but it gives no source or quotation for the phrase until Scott. (If there is an earlier source, it won't be the first time the OED has been wrong.) _______________________________________________________________ S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List Hardy M. Cook,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The S H A K S P E R Web Site <http://www.shaksper.net> DISCLAIMER: Although SHAKSPER is a moderated discussion list, the opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the editor assumes no responsibility for them.