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- Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Writing a Play
- Replies: 9
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- Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17377
- Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
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True! This kind of thing can fall flat on it face, because the good idea isn't enough. Nowhere near. It needs good execution, not only in terms of the edit but also the cast and directing (although if you get a good enough cast, three quarters of the director's work is done). Honestly the reading we...
- Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:34 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17377
- Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17377
Honestly I didn't care for the Gibson Hamlet (although Ian Holm was the best Polonius I've ever seen--the hardest part in the play IMHO). My own favorites are the BBC version with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart (in a dual role--Claudius and the Ghost) and the Public Theatre NYC version with Kevin...
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:06 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17377
- Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17377
I was searching through YouTube and found footage of some French productions of the play. It was very interesting! In one the whole opening monologue (almost) is done to the court, with Richard laughing about his deformity and efforts to find love along with everyone else! Until he was alone. This R...
- Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17377
Huh. I'm in America and can see it. Odd. This one is about the young man who has a virtually identical case of scoliosis as Richard. They put him through all kinds of paces to see if he could (with a bit of training) do the sorts of actions Richard is reputed to have done. Their conclusion--Richard ...
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:12 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
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I'll keep you informed. For what it is worth, Sir Ian McKellan starred in a very good film version of Shakespeare's play that transposed the setting to a Fascist 1930s Britain. Kevin Spacey did a tour of a startling production, and a documentary called Waiting In the Wings of the World Stage capture...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 3:22 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
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The Elizabethan theatre was officially censored, so portraying the last Yorkist King as anything other than a villain simply was not in the cards. Shakespeare actually did something quite interesting and clever, portraying a crown as a great burden even for the best of men. This shows up time and ag...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Adapting Richard III
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17377
Adapting Richard III
Okay this will sound weird. After all Richard III is already a play, right? A pretty damn famous one by that Bill Shakespeare fellow...! But let me explain. First of all Richard III is a very early play of Shakespeare's and it shows. The thing is four hours long! With 36 speaking parts! Most of whom...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:49 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Writing a Play
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5803
I was not planning on posting any of the play here. :P Also I have my doubts about most amateur theatricals (we kinda/sorta call those community theatres here--although some are absolutely first rate) because most deal with less technically challenging works than mine--technically challenging in ter...
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: Writing a Play
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5803
Writing a Play
[Mods, please feel free to move this thread to somewhere appropriate if you see reason to.] I count myself fortunate (some of that fortune self-made) in that my first play Carmilla has not only been produced three times but has been published. Right now I'm working on the sixth draft of my second p...
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: How do you feel today? v. 3.0
- Replies: 9999
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I feel strange this morning. On the one hand, I have a new med that is doing wonders for the pain in my leg--gabapentin, for nerve damage caused by diabetes. On the other, I made a terrible mistake recently and fear it has hurt a relationship, possibly becoming the final straw. I hope not. I have to...
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:07 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: "The Room" Weirdness
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10925
- Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:18 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: "The Room" Weirdness
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10925
Here is my review: zahirblue.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-room-review.html.
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:45 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: "The Room" Weirdness
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10925
- Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: MIA
- Replies: 3606
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That's a serious CV of creativity - and much in the area's where I always enjoy having my spine tingled! Let me know if ever they come UK direction. :) Well I'd love to see Carmilla especially staged in the UK. If you have any notion of a theatre group that might like to mount a 75-minute play abou...
- Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:12 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: "The Room" Weirdness
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10925
- Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:37 am
- Forum: General Literature Discussion
- Topic: "The Room" Weirdness
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10925