And now for something completely different
I could talk about how the Bay Area is officially going under a “shelter in place” order for the next three weeks, and the surreal sight of my local grocery store completely denuded of flour, rice, chicken, and other staples . . . but you know what? My brain is desperate for other material right now.
So! Please recommend to me what you consider to be the best recorded performances of each of Shakespeare’s plays. I do mean each: not just the ones that have been done a bunch of times, like Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, but anything for which Shakespeare’s authorship is moderately certain. Cymbeline? The Winter’s Tale? Movies, TV miniseries, filmed stage performances, any of those are fine, but not adaptations that use the plot without the script (e.g. 10 Things I Hate About You).
This question brought to you by me thinking, hmmmm, I’ve written some Shakespeare fanfic for Yuletide — I wonder if I could sell some short stories in that vein? I need grist for the mill, basically.
(And feel free to pass the link to this post along to anybody who might have recommendations.)
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The Hollow Crown series is well worth checking out, great costumes, staging and faithful to text. Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado, As You Like It and Love's Labour's Lost are faithful but non-traditional setting and costume. Twelth Night (Ben Kingsley/Toby Stephens), Richard III (Ian McClennan), Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes) and Titus (Anthony Hopkins) all have merit, I liked them anyway. I hope you find one that speaks to you.
I'd had The Hollow Crown on my list of things to watch a while ago, but had forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder!
Not sure whether Stratford, Ontario ever produced a video; but about eight years ago, Christopher Plummer starred in The Tempest. What was fascinating was the portrayal of Ariel who is in love with Prospero. A whole new twist? Having played Ariel in an abbreviated high school English class production, I was intrigued.Then there is my own wish to see King Lear played as a senile old man rather than a haughty and arrogant King..
Bob Orr
Just some grist
