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Title: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: Hap on February 08, 2015, 06:38:56 PM: 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/ (http://video.pbs.org/video/2328956371/)
Title: Re: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: SysError on February 08, 2015, 07:32:51 PM: 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. :rock

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."
Title: Re: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: Hap on February 08, 2015, 08:14:13 PM: Quote from: SysError on February 08, 2015, 07:32:51 PM
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.
Title: Re: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: Nath[BDP] on February 08, 2015, 08:57:36 PM: wasn't a big fan of Hawke's Macbeth

Mark Rylance is the best!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M775evBE8A
Title: Re: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: Nath[BDP] on February 08, 2015, 09:05:21 PM: Also this is a GREAT series to watch

John Barton's Playing Shakespeare from the RSC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7p-thZxJA
Title: Re: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: bozon on February 09, 2015, 08:52:47 AM: And for those with ADD, you can cover all Shakespeare's plays in 90 minutes:

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=yqmfrqAVeK0
Title: Re: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: SysError on February 09, 2015, 10:11:00 AM: Quote from: Nath[BDP] on February 08, 2015, 09:05:21 PM
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.
Title: Re: PBS' Shakespeare Uncovered
Post by: SysError on February 09, 2015, 10:18:47 AM: Quote from: Hap on February 08, 2015, 08:14:13 PM
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......)