Henry
boddhisatva wrote:
> To whom...,
>
> As a lover of the Bard I have a rule of thumb: When you hear the
> director or actors or someone talk about a new Shakespeare production and
> tell you how great Shakespeare's *stories* are, the production will
> invariably be crap. Shakespeare stories are really just vehicles for
> poetry. The poetry's the thing.
>
> I did not see the production to which Uncle Lou refers, but I am
> glad to hear that they went far enough outside the lines of the original
> story. "Ran" is a great re-make of King Lear entirely because it is
> barely a re-make of King Lear. I think it's good when people use
> Shakespeare stories because of their familiarity and then build their own
> dramas on them. After all, that's what Shakespeare did for the guys he
> ripped off and he did them an enormous favor.
>
> peace
>
> p.s. - I also think that nearly every recent production of Shakespeare has
> been over-acted. I'd like to see actors and directors remember that when
> doing Shakespeare, Shakespeare is the star of the play.