On reflection I think the sucess of the enjoyment of seeing the live performance of As You Like It at Theatre Clwyd went to my head...so much so, that I actually thought that the heavyweight tragedy Coriolanus
would be a good idea for a night out
Hummm..... WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shakespeare's comedies have a lightness that for "dunces" like me makes the somewhat difficult prose understandable
The more serious plays, are just too heavy for me..I should know that by now.....for I get lost within the language and lose track of what was said by whom and why....
Obviously I am more low brow that I think I am!
Vanessa Redgrave's Volumnia was well worth watching and so was Gerard Butler......however I spent most of his screen time drooling over his Paisley accent and pretty face rather than listen to his earnest Aufidius' soliloquies
Faced again with the prospect of 2 hours of Shakespeare drama......I think I will prefer to see Gerard Butler's Coriol ANUS...........
Your best blog title yet.
ReplyDeleteI knew you'd be the first to comment
ReplyDeleteReading another blog and this popped up at the side..being a big Gerard Butler fan, i just had to look :-) Well that's my excuse and i am glad i did.
ReplyDeleteFab blog and i am now going to while away the night catching up on your musings.
Gill
welcome gil
ReplyDeletebut remember mr Butler ( he of the lovely wide head) is all mine!!!
John did you just call Gerald Butler a fat head?
ReplyDeletehe has a lovely wide head!
ReplyDeleteI like big men!
Mr. Butler has that affect on many people so that sometimes you forget that he's more than just a pretty face.
ReplyDeleteI could say something rather rude, although i'm not sure if the meaning translates across the Pond.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to see Shakespeare and aren't sure you can follow along with the words, read the play before going. That way, you can also see which bits they skipped.
And, i suppose, given your admiration of Gerald Butler, you want to see his bits.
;-)
couldn't help it after all, it seems.
I'd PAY good money to see his bits megan
ReplyDelete*off to google Butler's bits*
ReplyDeleteI googled "Gerard Butler naked" and came up with a positively breathless black and white image on photobucket that will have y'all SWOONING.
ReplyDeleteGood Grief...
ReplyDeleteGerard Butler - the new Russel Crowe
ReplyDeleteThat title definitely makes a person look twice. ;-)
ReplyDeleteoooh, you'll love Barnadine in Measure for Measure...whoever plays him!!!
ReplyDeleteJane x
Ahhh! Coriolanus one of the Bards darker plays. I swear, he must've been either bi-polar od schizoid when you llok at the length and breadth of his works!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure if the blog title was livestock related or some sort of recipe or maybe a new plant for the garden...LMAO!
ReplyDeleteI'd have to admit that you are not alone. The language can leave me behind quite easily, especially when there's a nice behind or front for that matter distracting me up on the stage. Since my sister always gets me back stage passes, I get hung up on which actor I am going to fuss over when I get back there.
ReplyDeleteNow, what was the play about?
Well, that's a stop and drool photo!
ReplyDeleteat least you've seen a Shakespearean play...I know, I'm a heathen!
ReplyDeleteDydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus, John. xx
ReplyDeleteHmmm Gerald Butler eh? Prefer Alan Rickman myself (he did Shakespeare too, I believe).
ReplyDeleteYou can't truly appreciate Shakespeare until you've heard him in the original Klingon.
ReplyDeleteThank you Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteI am wearing my daffodil
Well that title was a bit different from the usual Vintage Sales and Makeover blogs!
ReplyDeleteI never could get on with Shakespeare. I read several Shakespearean set texts when I was at school but I thought them totally over the top (shock, horror, what a philistine). Now, Emile Zola, he's right up my street.
ReplyDeleteLove Shakespeare. Loved 300.
ReplyDeleteOnly came over because it said Anus.