Shakespeare and stuff

[nickyboy]

To be fair to the OP, the issue he is trying to raise is not whether a modern interpretation of Shakespeare has artistic merit or not. It's whether it was reasonable for the production company to advertise a modern interpretation using images of a traditional interpretation.

FWIW, there is a segment of the potential audience that only want to see Shakespeare done in the "traditional" way. Now whether you think these people are luddites or not isn't particularly relevant. The issue is whether the company should have been able to display "traditional" images to advertise for a modern interpretation.

Given that some people specifically want a traditional setting for Shakespeare I think it was unreasonable of the production company

 

[Profpointy]

.... and where do you stand on misleading and dishonest advertising

Is it acceptable or not?

Did you decide to walk out before or after it started - given you only stayed 5 minutes if I recall correctly?

Or did you decide to walk out before buying the tickets - I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

"down with this sort of thing"

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Don't get it, have never got it, don't want to get it. I consider Shakespeare the same as I consider the Beatles. I can appreciate the influence it's had on culture and society, but the original work is tedious drivel.

Read Robert(Rabbie)Burns.
What a load of old tosh that is,I hate it with a passion.
But you are considered not a true Scotsman if you don't like it.
And the big fuss over Elvis Presley ?
Fu gerra barrit !!!

 

[Profpointy]

Read Robert(Rabbie)Burns.
What a load of old tosh that is,I hate it with a passion.
But you are considered not a true Scotsman if you don't like it.
And the big fuss over Elvis Presley ?
Fu gerra barrit !!!

Ah that great Yiddish poet, the Rabbi Burns......



...... I'll get my coat

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

I can't get away with the plays - they are all Greek to me - but Shakepeare's contribution to the written and spoken word is immense.

As Bernard Levin put it:

If you cannot understand my argument, and declare ``It's Greek to me'', you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is farther to the thought; if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a fool's paradise -why, be that as it may, the more fool you , for it is a foregone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if you think it is early days and clear out bag and baggage, if you think it is high time and that that is the long and short of it, if you believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason, then - to give the devil his due - if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I was dead as a door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then - by Jove! O Lord! Tut tut! For goodness' sake! What the dickens! But me no buts! - it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare.

Sir Francis Bacon was a brilliant writer wasn't he ?

 

[ufkacbln]

Did you decide to walk out before or after it started - given you only stayed 5 minutes if I recall correctly?

Please see your own answer.......

Or did you decide to walk out before buying the tickets - I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

"down with this sort of thing"

Again...you seem to have answered this for yourself

 

[ufkacbln]

Sir Francis Bacon was a brilliant writer wasn't he ?

Didn't he invent the butty?

 

[ufkacbln]

Read Robert(Rabbie)Burns.
What a load of old tosh that is,I hate it with a passion.
But you are considered not a true Scotsman if you don't like it.
And the big fuss over Elvis Presley ?
Fu gerra barrit !!!

But good for tourism

Virtually every pub has a story of him staying there and writing a poem for the barmaid

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

But good for tourism

Virtually every pub has a story of him staying there and writing a poem for the barmaid

Poosie Nancies is a great wee pub admittedly

Didn't he invent the butty?

Possibly led to his death.
Although some say he was cured

 

[srw]

To be fair to the OP, the issue he is trying to raise is not whether a modern interpretation of Shakespeare has artistic merit or not. It's whether it was reasonable for the production company to advertise a modern interpretation using images of a traditional interpretation.

FWIW, there is a segment of the potential audience that only want to see Shakespeare done in the "traditional" way. Now whether you think these people are luddites or not isn't particularly relevant. The issue is whether the company should have been able to display "traditional" images to advertise for a modern interpretation.

Given that some people specifically want a traditional setting for Shakespeare I think it was unreasonable of the production company

Believe it or not, @Cunobelin wasn't the OP. He's managed to hijack a discussion of the merits of different interpretations of a play into a Pooterish rant about what a production company is supposed to do when it has to create publicity material months before rehearsals start.

 

[ufkacbln]

Believe it or not, @Cunobelin wasn't the OP. He's managed to hijack a discussion of the merits of different interpretations of a play into a Pooterish rant about what a production company is supposed to do when it has to create publicity material months before rehearsals start.

Nope... That was ProfPointy's imaginary and bizarre rantings... Even his first post on this thread is only true in his imagination


The point was about the honesty and integrity of advertising

Ironically someone else who fails to understand the irony that the true Pooteresque position was that of the Globe management

That is why no-one is keen to answer the question over dishonest advertising as if they do it would show this failure to understand the use of the Pooter reference

 

[ufkacbln]

Poosie Nancies is a great wee pub admittedly


Possibly led to his death.
Although some say he was cured

Didnt like his acting either .... Some reviewers said he was a Ham

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Didnt like his acting either .... Some reviewers said he was a Ham

GROAN


I will get yer coat for you.

 

[ufkacbln]

GROAN


I will get yer coat for you.

Exeunt pursued by a Bear

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

I wonder if he used a real bear