tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post3044456749510816159..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Shakespeare's Maori warriorsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-46129536981284149412012-04-30T11:02:39.227+01:002012-04-30T11:02:39.227+01:00Yes, Sue and Katherine, it's been wonderful - ...Yes, Sue and Katherine, it's been wonderful - and now I'm working out how to get to more.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-81168611488984840852012-04-30T00:02:15.954+01:002012-04-30T00:02:15.954+01:00This sounds just wonderful, David - and just seen ...This sounds just wonderful, David - and just seen your write-ups on The Arts Desk (welcome back there too). Looking forward to news of more.Katherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-42532873022242083812012-04-28T16:51:00.922+01:002012-04-28T16:51:00.922+01:00This is spectacular. How lucky you were to be the...This is spectacular. How lucky you were to be there--though this does seem promising for an eventual DVD (just hope it is also formatted for this side of the pond).Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53946621943128050592012-04-28T12:56:51.237+01:002012-04-28T12:56:51.237+01:00PS - I've just found the opening sequence in a...PS - I've just found the opening sequence in a Telegraph film-ette on YouTube and embedded it in the text.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-48997822984063391552012-04-28T00:45:49.356+01:002012-04-28T00:45:49.356+01:00There is hope then! Hooray! The Edu-mate is suit...There is hope then! Hooray! The Edu-mate is suitably chuffed—Shakespeare her stock in trade (she denies such wide-ranging expertise, of course). The Youtube a lovely little taste, and your colleague's Arts Desk review, which I've now had a chance to read with focus, demonstrates so well the excitement of being there. You lucky fellow: a Hindi-musical Twelfth Night & Swahili Merry Wives of Windsor. Such a wonderful, wonderful project this is!Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-27613204743016301982012-04-27T22:33:49.595+01:002012-04-27T22:33:49.595+01:00Well, there have been film crews at each of the th...Well, there have been film crews at each of the three productions I've seen to date. And it would be impossible to say which was the best. I've now chalked up the Swahili Merry Wives of Windsor (Nairobi) and a joyous Hindi-musical Twelfth Night: one review up on The Arts Desk, one still to come. <br /><br />Just found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_9GkCXq2g8" rel="nofollow">this link to YouTube</a> - a news item on Maori TV which has little snippets of the 'choreography' to give you some idea.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-59947505507564485932012-04-27T22:08:02.299+01:002012-04-27T22:08:02.299+01:00How magnificent this sounds to have been--and inde...How magnificent this sounds to have been--and indeed the whole series seems truly inspired. I second David Damant's point that "seeing the plays as other cultures see them must be amazing." How lucky you were to get there, and how glad I am you reported back. The "earth-shaking tribute" at the end must have been thrilling, too. Do you think there is a chance any of this will become available on DVD?Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-4870374091684036232012-04-26T17:04:47.026+01:002012-04-26T17:04:47.026+01:00I should have added that according to what I remem...I should have added that according to what I remember from school, a few of the plays were written by Shakespeare in greater or lesser cooperation with others. I think ( it was a long time ago and no doubt scholarship has moved on)that Henry VIII was especially mentioned. No doubt from time to time he recruited someone to help, especially if a deadline approached, but that would have been known and does not take away from Shakespeare as the author of the greater part of the plays<br /><br />P G Wodehouse said that if Shakespeare's plays were not written by Shakespeare they were clearly written by someone else of the same nameDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53550705117619802322012-04-26T16:49:32.363+01:002012-04-26T16:49:32.363+01:00I agree on Shakespeare written by Shakespeare. Tho...I agree on Shakespeare written by Shakespeare. Though when the language is not always first-rate, as in Pericles, I wonder. And did you see that a scholar has found word-thumbprinting to indicate that Middleton had a hand in All's Well That Ends Well?<br /><br />Troilus, though, is Shakespeare at his most daring throughout.<br /><br />The feat of co-ordination is in itself stupendous. I didn't realise that many of these productions were conceived from scratch especially for the Globe.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-62665113552820395362012-04-26T16:34:56.727+01:002012-04-26T16:34:56.727+01:00This stupendous series of performances is far mor...This stupendous series of performances is far more than a demonstration that Shakespeare's plays are "popular". He writes about the human predicament and it is one punch after another. Almost every line in some parts. Seeing the plays as other cultures see them must be amazing. I would like to see Macbeth since I know most of the lines after playing Duncan - or maybe not? Better to only know the outline? Rather like listening to the music at an opera without looking at the surtitles?<br /><br />My sister who was NOT academic discovered Shakespeare late in life and suddenly wrote to me saying how tremendous she found the plays. ( Maybe she was assisted by her acting skills - one of her successes was as Sam Goldwyn - don't ask me how)<br /><br />Note: Shakespeare was written by Shakespeare. In the long period he was acting etc in London it was impossible in that gossipy ( and not very large ) world that Bacon or Oxford or whoever could be writing the plays surreptitiouslyDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-44901014999353227652012-04-26T16:11:44.525+01:002012-04-26T16:11:44.525+01:00Agreed, James: without them it's a bit like th...Agreed, James: without them it's a bit like the bones without the meat. I suppose every word would have the spectators' eyes glued too much to the screens, but a bit more suggestion of each speech would have been welcome.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-52446973328151153102012-04-26T16:09:25.097+01:002012-04-26T16:09:25.097+01:00I was there and though I loved it too, I found the...I was there and though I loved it too, I found the lack of translations a problem. If this is going to continue, I'm not sure how many of these I'll be going to.James Hnoreply@blogger.com