03-25-2012, 05:51 PM
Did you see the movie of the 12th night with Helena Bonham Carter and the bald guy who played Gandhi? I really enjoyed Branagh's "As you like it" but I only got to see it once before it was stolen from the video store. The Tempest is one of the few dramas I like, although technically it is consider a comedy, I suppose because it is not a tragedy. Personally I consider there to be comedies, farces, such as "Much ado" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I think I would classify "The Merchant of Venice", as a drama. Then there are the romances. I find it funny that only plays related to specifically the history of England are considered histories, but "Julius Caesar" is not. I did like the thought of Richard Dreyfus attempting to play Richard the II as a gay humpback in "The Goodbye Girl". You named four of my five favorite comedies. For me it's a toss up between "Much Ado", and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I saw William Wordsworth's great-----grandson play Shylock in Merchant of Venice". He did quite well actually.
Dale
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.