The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.1883 Tuesday, 15 November 2005
[1] From: Virginia Byrne <
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Date: Monday, 14 Nov 2005 12:49:57 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1872 BBC Richard II
[2] From: Robert Projansky <
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Date: Monday, 14 Nov 2005 14:54:16 -0800
Subj: Re: SHK 16.1872 BBC Richard II
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From: Virginia Byrne <
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Date: Monday, 14 Nov 2005 12:49:57 -0500
Subject: 16.1872 BBC Richard II
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1872 BBC Richard II
Yes, indeed, I was hoping there was a DVD available of the Mark Rylance R2.
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From: Robert Projansky <
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Date: Monday, 14 Nov 2005 14:54:16 -0800
Subject: 16.1872 BBC Richard II
Comment: Re: SHK 16.1872 BBC Richard II
Someone wrote:
>>The BBC Shakespeare series RICHARD II is available in the
>>UK on DVD from either www.bbcshop.com or
>>www.choicesdirect.co.uk. In the US the play can be ordered
>>from www.bardcentral.com. It comes part of a boxed set with
>>HENRY IV 1&2, RICHARD III and HENRY V.
To which Kathy Dent replied:
>I think the wires have got crossed somewhere. This thread
>concerns a broadcast made by BBC4 of a performance at
>Shakespeare's Globe. This is NOT the same as the BBC
>Shakespeare productions (produced during the 1980s?)
>that are available on Video & DVD.
If this DVD is the same Richard II we saw at the Globe in September 2003
I recommend that you skip it. Mark Rylance's Richard was awful --
simple-minded, and annoying -- and the Globe's artistic director seemed
not to know basic verse technique, repeatedly breaking Shakespeare's
verse in favor of his own chuckles, giggles, and snorts. Since R II is
all verse, this mattered a lot. (The costumes and music were very nice,
though, and the after-play dance was a real treat.)
Bob Projansky
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