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1 posted on 07/02/2005 10:07:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Romeo and Eve?
Bandobust to follow?


2 posted on 07/02/2005 10:09:07 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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How about a high school theatre club version of Titus Andronicus? It would make Shakespeare cool for teenage boys.
3 posted on 07/02/2005 10:15:43 AM PDT by Loyalist (No confidence in Mr. Dithers.)
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"Pupils will perform their own interpretations of shortened versions of some of Shakespeare's plays, directed and produced by their teachers."

"There is a Bollywood-inspired Romeo and Juliet, a Winter's Tale exploring "chav" culture, and The Taming of the Shrew set in a women's prison."


What really burns me with so much in the arts lately is when nitwits think they are qualified to 'improve' upon authors or artists who are far beyond them. Who dares to say that teenagers mutilating Shakespeare is some kind of improvement???? They should be learning to try to attain fidelity to the original before they even think about trying to appropriate it in some 'novel' 'contemporary' and 'relevant' way.

It's actually quite similar to the attitudes that allow lightweight judges and lawyers to constantly believe they are 'improving' upon our Constitution and our traditions.


4 posted on 07/02/2005 10:39:56 AM PDT by Enchante (Kerry's mere nuisances: Marine Barracks '83, WTC '93, Khobar Towers, Embassy Bombs '98, USS Cole!!!)
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