bertha katzenengel
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Fri Jun-08-07 10:26 AM
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Poll question: What is your favorite Shakespeare tragedy? |
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I am woefully lacking in my knowledge of his tragedies, but I post here the ones I know.
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Fri Jun-08-07 10:27 AM
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Sir Ian McKellan was in a very interesting film adaptation of Richard III a few years ago.
Great play.
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bertha katzenengel
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Fri Jun-08-07 10:30 AM
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2. Wasn't it set in the Third Reich? |
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Fri Jun-08-07 10:31 AM
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Annette Bening was also in it.
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Fri Jun-08-07 10:32 AM
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I'll definitely have to watch it again. ;)
Did you see "The Grifters?" ooohhhhh... :lust:
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Fri Jun-08-07 10:42 AM
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5. "The Grifters" is a wonderful film, |
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Annette Bening was great, but Angelica Huston was FABULOUS. :-)
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Fri Jun-08-07 11:15 AM
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Both got Oscar nominations; the movie was nominated for best picture and I don't know what all else.
THAT is a tragedy, man. Not on Shakespearean level, but still. Damn.
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Fri Jun-08-07 10:54 AM
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bertha katzenengel
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Fri Jun-08-07 11:16 AM
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8. Desdemona's handkercheif... |
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can't believe I forgot that one.
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Fri Jun-08-07 11:25 AM
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9. Technically, Richard III isn't a tragedy. It's one of his history plays.... |
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Edited on Fri Jun-08-07 11:28 AM by Shakespeare
...the final installment in the first Henriad.
I find Lear completely devastating (and Titus a close second).
edited to add: here's a list of the tragedies:
Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus
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Fri Jun-08-07 11:41 AM
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10. I'm alllll about the Scottish play. |
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Edited on Fri Jun-08-07 11:42 AM by BlueIris
Simple, elegant, clever. Beats the pants off "Hamlet." I actually have the text of it on a poster on my wall.
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