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Watching this now...
Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt looks remarkably like Colonel Gaddaffi
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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'
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Watching this now...
Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt looks remarkably like Colonel Gaddaffi ![]() 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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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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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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Ben Whishaw is doing a great job as a rather fey & slightly loopy Richard
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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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"Go and boil your bottoms! I fart in your general direction..."
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Is that really Ben Whishaw in the coffin, or a dummy?
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That was absolutely brilliant! Here's hoping the rest are as good
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That was excellent
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ooh the credits have Sam Mendes as executive producer... isn't he Kate Winslet's ex?
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ooh it's Father Cadfael...
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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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Very impressive. The words were actually communicated well.
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ooh the credits have Sam Mendes as executive producer... isn't he Kate Winslet's ex?
It seems like this was impressive - will check it out tomorrow.
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Absolutely brilliant. Ben Wishaw was phenomenal.
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Absolutely brilliant. Ben Wishaw was phenomenal.
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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. ![]() Next weeks offering - Henry IV Part 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ktf9g |
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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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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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That was fantastic and Ben Wishaw was absolutely brilliant.
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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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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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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.
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