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Old 30-06-2012, 21:33
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Watching this now...

Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt looks remarkably like Colonel Gaddaffi
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Old 30-06-2012, 21:37
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This was my O Level text. That dates me... And I remembered John of Gaunt's speech. 'this earth, this realm, this England'
Brilliant stuff so far.
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Old 30-06-2012, 21:38
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Watching this now...

Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt looks remarkably like Colonel Gaddaffi
http://www.spikednation.com/sites/de...uOvKOIGC0w.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...i_1550901c.jpg

One of us is living in an alternative reality I'm doing a rewatch of Twin Peaks at the mo. So it could be me.

Hope we get an intermission.
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Old 30-06-2012, 21:50
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http://www.spikednation.com/sites/de...uOvKOIGC0w.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...i_1550901c.jpg

One of us is living in an alternative reality I'm doing a rewatch of Twin Peaks at the mo. So it could be me.

Hope we get an intermission.


Especially when he was wearing that brown head-dress...
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Old 30-06-2012, 22:04
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This was my O Level text. That dates me... And I remembered John of Gaunt's speech. 'this earth, this realm, this England'
Brilliant stuff so far.
Me too, we had to memorise chunks of it and I keep hearing things I still remember. Much better to watch than to read.
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Old 30-06-2012, 22:07
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Ben Whishaw is doing a great job as a rather fey & slightly loopy Richard
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Old 30-06-2012, 22:18
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"Go and boil your bottoms! I fart in your general direction..."

Richard is really off - needs to be sectioned NOW...
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Old 30-06-2012, 22:31
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"Go and boil your bottoms! I fart in your general direction..."
The coconuts are calling me..... time to dig out the DVD I think
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:19
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Is that really Ben Whishaw in the coffin, or a dummy?

ps. the coffin is a tad too small
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:20
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That was absolutely brilliant! Here's hoping the rest are as good
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:21
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That was excellent
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:22
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ooh the credits have Sam Mendes as executive producer... isn't he Kate Winslet's ex?
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:24
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ooh it's Father Cadfael...
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:24
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Slight change from the play there in terms of who presents the dead body, but generally that was really, really good
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:34
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Very impressive. The words were actually communicated well.
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:47
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ooh the credits have Sam Mendes as executive producer... isn't he Kate Winslet's ex?
Yes he is and he's one of the exec producers for all of the films in this series.

It seems like this was impressive - will check it out tomorrow.
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:49
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Absolutely brilliant. Ben Wishaw was phenomenal.
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:51
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Absolutely brilliant. Ben Wishaw was phenomenal.
Totally agree. Was this the best-ever TV Shakespeare?
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Old 30-06-2012, 23:51
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Yes he is and I think he's an exec producer for all of the films in this series.

It seems like this was impressive - will check it out tomorrow.
Excellent start. If the whole series is as good as this opener, then the BBC will have a landmark series on their hands. Well done to all those who worked on this project.

Next weeks offering - Henry IV Part 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ktf9g
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Old 01-07-2012, 00:03
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I have read a few poems attributed to Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and they are the most amateurish shite imaginable, the work of a very mediocre poet, with simplistic notions. Shakespeare's words and metaphors are complicated, sophisticated and very clever.

The only poets worse than de Vere are William Mcgonagall and John Betjeman.
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Old 01-07-2012, 00:20
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I hope if the Hollow Crown is a success, they'll consider making a follow up with Henry VI and Richard III or maybe a similar linked series, maybe a Roman trilogy with Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus and Anthony and Cleopatra or a Shipwrecked trilogy consisiting of Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Error and The Tempest.
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Old 01-07-2012, 00:22
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That was fantastic and Ben Wishaw was absolutely brilliant.
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Old 01-07-2012, 00:24
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I hope if the Hollow Crown is a success, they'll consider making a follow up with Henry VI and Richard III or maybe a similar linked series, maybe a Roman trilogy with Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus and Anthony and Cleopatra or a Shipwrecked trilogy consisiting of Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Error and The Tempest.
In other words, do a brand new, up to date, Shakespeare collection? I think it's due.
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Old 01-07-2012, 00:40
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I loved that - I thought Ben Wishaw's portrayal of Richard was good. Emotionally unstable! And Bolingbroke the opposite, I thought - completely calculating. But sometimes he felt remorse, you could see it in his eyes.

Only thing I could have done without were the comic-book Welshmen.

D. Jacobi's programme was also interesting, though I always feel vicariously insulted when someone says Shakespeare couldn't have wriiten the plays because he was only a grammar school boy, and not aristocracy. Are the aristocracy noted for their intelligence, then? Can't say I've seen much sign of it. But I digress.

There's a programme about the Tempest next week, lovely! I am having a good time at the moment, with all this good stuff on! I hope it's a sign of things to come on the BBC.
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Old 01-07-2012, 00:46
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though I always feel vicariously insulted when someone says Shakespeare couldn't have wriiten the plays because he was only a grammar school boy, and not aristocracy.
I know - I don't have much time for the anti-Stratfordian view either. Apparently Shakespeare would still have had a classical education at grammar school; it's completely plausible that he would have been educated well enough to have written the plays.
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