[Stoat]

The treasurer of the British Shakespeare Association, Stuart Hampton-Reeves, said it was important that modern audiences weren't bombarded with too much text. He said: "Modern audiences are used to immediate language, plot delivery and fast cutaways. The best Shakespeare adaptations have cut the text in a way that is suitable for TV."

There are still some of us out here who have an attention span better than that of a gnat on crack.  Hopefully it won't be a production optimized for the viewing habits of a 12 year old videogame addict with ADD.

[Stoat]

Ping :-)

[madison10]

I wish they’d leave it with the original text length and vernacular...then just make it all available on DVD. What a collectible that would be!

[LibFreeOrDie]

"The best Shakespeare adaptations have cut the text in a way that is suitable for TV."

And to leave room for all the modern political commentary and liberal preaching...

[ClearCase_guy]

He said: "I am not certain it was that interesting an enterprise when it happened the first time around. The BBC were enslaved to their American sponsors and we were unable to do anything adventurous with the plays. They were all very historic."

He sounds like the kind of guy who wants Romeo and Juliet to star two men in a San Fran bathhouse.

[RightWhale]

They will cut most of the poetry, which is to say, most of the sense.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

PING!

[windcliff]

ping

[SunkenCiv]

I’d prefer if the BBC TV versions from the 1970s (mentioned in the article) were made available on DVD for a reasonable cost. Of course, I’ve not checked in a couple of years...

[SunkenCiv]

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[goldstategop]

I've seen the original BBC teleplays. Top notch adaptations of the works of the greatest writer whoever lived. Shakespeare is inexhaustible after five centuries.

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[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

News of the new venture has been welcomed by many Shakespeare enthusiasts, who believe that the first series has become dated.

How have these versions become dated? Has Shakespeare's language changed in 30 years?