 Toby Stephens is Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre (July 9-Oct 2) |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D  |
5 July 2004 - 21:48
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  The G33K Goddess (A woman should be two things... Classy & Fabulous!) "Someone that you think that you can trust is just another way to die." |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 January 2002 From: London, Ontario |
5 July 2004 - 21:55
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To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind, to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...... and I could go on. Grade 11 drama.
Live life like Fleming is narrating.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D |
5 July 2004 - 22:45
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I loved High School drama, Jeff
 ...I did some Ophelia myself (& Lady Macbeth).I adore Hamlet (particularly Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet) and Toby Stephens is great... I wonder if I could get to the UK before Oct 2nd... probably not  ...if anyone goes to see this please give up a full report 
The G33K Goddess (A woman should be two things... Classy & Fabulous!) "Someone that you think that you can trust is just another way to die." |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 9 January 2002 From: Edmonton, Canada |
6 July 2004 - 00:38
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To quote the great Just Shoot Me!...
NINA: "I've hated Shakespeare ever since high school." FINCH: "Why? Did he write something nasty in your yearbook?" Never seen the point of studying Shakespeare at school, myself. Glad they dropped it from our Year 11 criteria for a certain British secret agent.   |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D |
6 July 2004 - 00:48
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Just Shoot Me!... I remember that eppisode
...I went to a taping of that show once actually.Anywho, I’m not really into Shakespeare, but as I said, I do adore Hamlet. Macbeth is alright... Romeo and Juliet make me sick. The G33K Goddess (A woman should be two things... Classy & Fabulous!) "Someone that you think that you can trust is just another way to die." |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 9 January 2002 From: Edmonton, Canada |
6 July 2004 - 01:33
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Lucky you! I used to watch the show regularly, but it hasn't been on here for a couple of years. Except recently, they've shown the first six seasons during the day, which I usually catch if I'm at home. I'd forgotten how well written it is. Still one season left unaired. I'm a very fussy TV viewer. More so concerning the stale sitcom genre. |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 27 March 2002 From: Pittsburgh, PA |
6 July 2004 - 02:40
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You studied Bond in eleventh grade? What do I need to enroll there!?  "...Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it." Timothy Dalton Always keeping the British end up! |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 2 August 2001 From: Oxfordshire |
6 July 2004 - 09:59
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O what a noble mind is here o'erthrown. Act III scene i
These words, like daggers, enter in mine ears. Act III scene iv Macbeth is ... alright ?    Good grief.The comparative magnificence of (cough) this televisual wonder that is Don't Shoot Me is as yet unknown to me. I do apologise and grieve for my loss.  "There was a violent cruelty, a pathological desire to wound, quite near the surface in the man." CBn: ...we have people everywhere Only James Bond is James Bond. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D |
6 July 2004 - 17:24
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LOL as in I'd choose Hamlet over Macbeth. I do enjoy a lot about Macbeth though, don't get me wrong. I think it is Romeo and Juliet that does leave a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to Shakespeare (I dislike the play, the movies, West Side Story, Underworld, any movie that based on it).
You're not missing much ...especially since it's geared more towards American Humor than English humor, you much just find it annoying (unless of course you like David Spade).
The G33K Goddess (A woman should be two things... Classy & Fabulous!) "Someone that you think that you can trust is just another way to die." |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 March 2004 From: Southern California |
6 July 2004 - 17:41
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I think Toby Stephens will be perfect in the role. I love reading Shakespeare! What's wrong with Romeo and Juliet? Well, the other play I reccomend is Titus Andronicus.  S.P.E.C.T.R.E: The Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D |
6 July 2004 - 18:01
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Agreed! I so wish I was in the UK right now for this.
I don't know, I guess Romeo + Juliet just isn't my style. Hum... ok ok, I lied, maybe I do like Shakespeare minus R+J (which sticks in my mind, irritates me and makes me think I don't like Shakespeare)... Titus Andronicus IS a great one too. Have you seen the movie with Anthony Hopkins? Wonderful! The G33K Goddess (A woman should be two things... Classy & Fabulous!) "Someone that you think that you can trust is just another way to die." |
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Cammander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 21 June 2003 From: South Pasadena, CA |
6 July 2004 - 19:00
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I'm pretty much the same way with R+J, Athena. It just never did it for me. MacBeth reminds me of a funny event from high school. In my senior year, the teacher had to deal with me and two of my best pals. Together we were the ultimate in class clowns, smart alecks of the highest order. As it happened, the Shakespeare play we read for that year was MacBeth and being drama students (exceptionally hammy ones at that) as well, we proceeded to deliver our parts, when the time came in ludicrously thick Scottish burrs. Did the same thing for Beowulf too. Needless to say the teacher retired shortly after we gradfuated.
 Thank you, the brief glimpse you've afforded me today will only encourage me to redouble my efforts. |
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