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To: zzeeman

Branagh’s my man for this one. His was a more muscular delivery. One of the best speeches of all time, I think. It is hardly taught today; you have to look for it. Shakespeare’s work is out of fashion these days; the barely literate inmates of our public school system wouldn’t understand a word. more’s the pity, as Shakespeare offers such a rich tapestry of the human condition. All of his works inhabit my hard copy library. I will teach them one one day.


41 posted on 06/08/2010 4:11:18 PM PDT by Noumenon ("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
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To: Noumenon
I agree, Branagh's was much better (but I won't miss an opportunity to watch a broadcast of Olivier's either).

I was actually introduced to it in a leadership conference many years ago in my original career. It was presented as the best leadership speech ever written.

I suspect that you are correct in that very little Shakespeare is taught in most schools today. I have about 20-25 paperbacks in my library from when I went to HS decades ago. By contrast, I think my son (who graduated from HS in 2005) read about 3. And it is indeed a pity.

42 posted on 06/09/2010 1:53:25 PM PDT by zzeeman (Fighting to not be the amongst the last generation to enjoy Freedom & Liberty!)
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