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LOVERS OF SHAKESPEARE is a group for fans of the Bard. Topics are open to just about anything Shakespeare.

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Welcome to Lovers of Shakespeare

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,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to — 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause.

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Internet Shakespeare Editions
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Royal Shakespeare Company
Simply Shakespeare

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Comment by Leslee Love on January 4, 2009 at 3:45pm: I was just wondering. I love the British versions (of anything--I secretly wish I were British and live in England). I remembered you saying you did not like that particular version. What are some of your favourite versions of Macbeth, Hamlet, Midsummer, and any others?

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on January 4, 2009 at 3:39pm: That is not one that I was referring to specifically, though I did not liek that one either. The ones I was referring two all have similar jacket designs, theatrical looks, and production values. They were part of a series they did. They're just dreadful.

Comment by Leslee Love on January 4, 2009 at 3:36pm: Dallas, does that include the Macbeth version with Ian Mckellan and Judi Dench?

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on January 4, 2009 at 3:18pm: Ian, not sure that I know exactly which productions you are speaking of here, but the library has a bunch of BBC productions of his plays, of which I have seen a lot, and they are all absolutely terrible.

Comment by Ian Mason on January 4, 2009 at 1:38am: Some of the BBC complete test series are worthwhile. "Lear" - Michael Horden: "The Shrew" - John Cleese "Comedy of Errors" - Roger Daltrey (Yeeeeaaaaaah!) "Hamlet" - Derek Jacobi/Patrick Stewart. Al Pacino gets my vote as the best Shylock. Non Bard: "Lion in Winter" with Stewart/Close. A TV version made for Hallmark and a superlative production.

Comment by Leslee Love on January 3, 2009 at 9:20pm: Kline directed the 1990 version and starred in it if I'm not mistaken...He was also in Midsummer which I love!!!

Comment by o on January 3, 2009 at 9:12pm: I actually prefer the Gibson version over the Branagh...I can't stand Shakespeare in modern interpretations. The Mel version was something that actually turned my ds16 (then 8ish) onto Shakespeare. I just watched it last month with my 8 and 6 year old.

Comment by Father Nature on January 3, 2009 at 8:42pm: I saw it years ago and thought it was fairly good. I remember Mel being better than I expected.

Comment by Leslee Love on January 3, 2009 at 8:29pm: I have seen it, long ago, and remember it being okay. I will have to watch it again to give any sort of assessment. It must not have been great or I would have remembered!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on January 3, 2009 at 8:16pm: Has anyone seen Hamlet with Mel Gibson and Glen Close? Is it any good? I have my doubts, to be sure.