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The Bard migh NOT rolleth in his grave

posted 19 years ago by gary1-2
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Shakespeare could have well approved of innovative adaptations to the 21st century of his classics , like Richard III , Romeo and Juliet and Titus because Shakespeare was an innovater himself who went beyond the theatre conventions of his day and who meant his works to be timeless

I think he may have been very pleased with the way his works PROGRESS with innovative modernising art forms

Adaptation is what keeps Shakespeare alive and Shakespeare plays ALWAYS adapted
For example those staged in the 19th century where very different from those staged in the 16th century
In the 16th century younbg boys played female roles. Are so called purists suggesting that it should be kept that way

[–] Kurgan-4 19 years ago

I could not agree more. The anachronisms and clashing of time were symbolic of the timelessness of the stories. Baz Luhrman and Richard Loncraine understood this as well. I wonder, though, what you think of Zeffirelli's romanticized Romeo and Juliet?

[–] ehaas-3 9 years ago

I think that Shakespeare's ghost is very happy. Voltaire on the other hand is enraged that the stories of someone he considered a vulgar, immoral playwright only interesting as a passing fad and unworthy of the attention of even the lowest classes of theatre goers, are still told.

I admire Voltaire as a philosopher, but this is the guy who wrote a novel where starving pirates cut off and eat one buttock from each captive, leaving the survivors with a very bad limp.