PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered

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Can't express how great this is.  Here's an hour on "Macbeth."  I used to teach college English; & hoped, I'd find a position.  Sadly, that never happened.  Still, all of these full episodes and clips remind me why I loved British literature so.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2328956371/

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Thanks for the link, PBS does such a great job on this and other stuff.  I like Shakespeare a lot too.  I used to like to read his plays before I could afford to go see live plays.  You really just can not just "read"  Shakespeare, you really must go to see the plays, or watch a good screen production. 

A modern version of Coriolanus came out in 2011 with Brian Cox, Ralph Fiennes, James Nesbitt... it is on Netflix. 

Well worth it, I would think that it would be somewhat of a hit with the Aces High crowd.

From Netflix:
"A modern update of Shakespeare's tale about a general who is banished by the republic he protected, provoking him to align with former foes."

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Well worth it, I would think that it would be somewhat of a hit with the Aces High crowd.

From Netflix:
"A modern update of Shakespeare's tale about a general who is banished by the republic he protected, provoking him to align with former foes."

The young guns would probably like Titus Andronicus.  What a brutal and bloody play.

[Nath[BDP]]

wasn't a big fan of Hawke's Macbeth

Mark Rylance is the best!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M775evBE8A

[Nath[BDP]]

Also this is a GREAT series to watch

John Barton's Playing Shakespeare from the RSC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7p-thZxJA

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And for those with ADD, you can cover all Shakespeare's plays in 90 minutes:

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=yqmfrqAVeK0

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Also this is a GREAT series to watch

John Barton's Playing Shakespeare from the RSC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7p-thZxJA

Thought that this was interesting. 
Playing Shakespeare (1982): 1. The Two Traditions

To my point about seeing a play, you can go 13:50 to 15:50 and in just 2 min see how an actor can change the meaning of a work.

 

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The young guns would probably like Titus Andronicus.  What a brutal and bloody play.

A personal shame, I have not read or seen it yet.  (In fact, there are a number of works that I have not read.  I was not English major.  When I retire......)