Shakespeare and Co

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Lanolin said:
I haven't been to Venice, but back in the day I can imagine it was a happening, bustling market place. Now it's a crumbling tourist trap.
Shakespeare was always setting his plays in exotic (to him) places like Venice and fair Verona, and other Italian cities/towns. Anyone know why?
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Well Venice is beautiful still, and yes while it is sinking because of rising sea levels there are different ideas of how to save it, I hope they do because it would be a shame otherwise.

No more a tourist trap than another beautiful city in the summer.

Romeo and Juliet is a story from that area so probably that is the reason.

From Reddit lol

Theatrical Freedom: Setting plays in foreign Catholic city-states allowed Shakespeare to critique social structures, societal prejudice, and political ambition safely away from London's strict censorship.
 
For the people who live there, probably not, but for some tourists it is a kind of trap in that it is one place you never want to leave! And expensive! I've been fascinated by the sheer ingenuity of having a city built on the water.

Well reddit got that answer from AI cos thats what it gave me lol

Hamlet was set in Denmark though, and apparently was Catholic as talked about purgatory. Actually I am not too sure if Hamlet was a real person, but certainly came to life in that play.

I have heard that some Shakespearean actors have gone to Denmark with that play and played in the actual castles themselves.
I wonder the same for those set in Italy? I suppose, they are the English equivalent of operas in Italian playing there.

London or Stratford upon Avon was post the schism of the church in Shakespeares' time. I mean all those Abbeys and Monestaries were gutted in England.
 
The Scottish Play is coming to the theatre in my town.

I'm wondering if I should get tickets because I've never seen the straight play. Tragic I know!
I do remember seeing an Italian Opera based on it, but since I don't speak Italian or sing it, it was all lost on me.

I hope I can understand the Scottish accents in this one. We read it in school, and my English teacher made me read the part of Lady Macbeth. "out out damned spot! Will not all the perfumes of Arabia sweeten this little hand? The thane of Fife, had a wife, where is she now?'

Is what I remember, and sleepwalking.

And the three weird sisters 'Eye of newt, tongue of frog...'

I would give anything to see Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh play together in this one, but alas it was never filmed.

Sometimes we have Pop-up Shakespeare Globe in the summer months, but they wouldn't do Macbeth in the pop up it's far too dark a play for summer entertainment.
 
Lanolin said:
Must see this

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Why is she holding a baseball bat??
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The second segment of the seventh episode from the third season - Garfield and Friends

Roy, Wade, Bo, Booker, and Sheldon are laying around with nothing to do. Lanolin walks up to them and looks at them with disappointment. She questions them not doing their chores and disagrees with what Bo has to say. As she walks off, Orson comes by with an idea by showing them a book on Shakespeare's works.

With use of their imagination, they turn the barn into their stage and imagine themselves wearing Shakespearean clothing for their roles. Orson chooses The Taming Of The Shrew for their performance and need Lanolin for the part. They imagine up a Lanolin and start the show.

Wade comes out and accidentally recites the famous Hamlet speech. Roy and Orson come onto the stage and arrive at the home of Lanolin's character. She is a very shrill woman. Wade then appears dressed as Julius Caesar and recites a quote from the play of the same name. The imaginary Lanolin chases Orson's character around trying to clobber him until he tells her that he likes her for who she is. This causes the imaginary Lanolin to calm down and the play ends.

The real Lanolin shows up wondering what they are doing. They tell about the play they performed and state that they like her. For that, she tries to be nicer to them from now on as they walk into the sunset. Wade appears to recite more Shakespeare quips, even as the cartoon irises out, until a vaudeville hook takes him away.
 
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Ha the Taming of the Shrew

One of my favourite comedies. Also known as 'Kiss me Kate'
 
I won't show the movie poster as it involves domestic violence

But here's Tom, Dick and Harry with Princess Kate


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