tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post4903454401083754187..comments2024-01-29T13:20:07.366+00:00Comments on Little Corner of the Earth: HENRY VAvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-14598658417790646042007-08-27T02:26:00.000+01:002007-08-27T02:26:00.000+01:00I shall hope that it makes its way here to the sta...I shall hope that it makes its way here to the states. I don't venture out to the movies much, but I would go to see this.....Neomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483213915316279993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-69413931564273655512007-08-26T16:24:00.000+01:002007-08-26T16:24:00.000+01:00HHnB: "shivers" indeed!GRANNY and VITA: I find tha...HHnB: "shivers" indeed!<BR/>GRANNY and VITA: I find that enthusiasm in the young very encouraging. So, after all, it is not yet time to "rage against the dying of the light."<BR/>LEE: Funnily enough the Branagh version was on TV here the other night - competent but not stirring (for me anyway).<BR/>LUCY: I agree about Olivier - the man was an empty page, but what he became when acting is something else (Alec Guinness was very similar).<BR/>As to James Mason - one of my very favourite actorsAvushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-77119343132451393412007-08-25T21:53:00.000+01:002007-08-25T21:53:00.000+01:00Every generation is seen as less than the one befo...Every generation is seen as less than the one before, but so far, happily, they all go on falling in love with Shakespeare. I can't confess to falling in love with Olivier, but I did with James Mason as Brutus and have never really fallen out.<BR/>So there wasn't really a spam takeover at Nea's after all; never mind, better to have the comment thing sorted I suppose.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-44703841549893904902007-08-25T07:42:00.000+01:002007-08-25T07:42:00.000+01:00It is always encouraging when the next generation ...It is always encouraging when the next generation 'discover' something like Shakespeare. Haven't seen the Olivier version of Henry V but saw another one (Richard Branaugh, I think) that I thoroughly enjoyed.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-82145729443607060672007-08-24T15:58:00.000+01:002007-08-24T15:58:00.000+01:00Yes, gentler and quieter. DD's math teacher would...Yes, gentler and quieter. DD's math teacher would say it leaves a smaller footprint.Vitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648727808256233855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-75536770234884794842007-08-23T15:16:00.000+01:002007-08-23T15:16:00.000+01:00DD is 17 and professes a love of Shakespere. I ha...DD is 17 and professes a love of Shakespere. I have the Course of Honour now, but haven't cracked it yet. Waiting to finish current book. Also added word verification so I don't get ambushed.Vitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648727808256233855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-80773867971048276802007-08-23T04:10:00.000+01:002007-08-23T04:10:00.000+01:00As for the 16-year-olds, my niece's daughter is, l...As for the 16-year-olds, my niece's daughter is, like, <I>into</I> Shakespeare. She made the trip here this summer because we have a small troupe who do two plays each summer. I was quite surprised until I did a blog about one of the plays & was linked by another teen-ager who was in touch with teens around the country who love the Bard...Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31082363.post-74412823204171390792007-08-23T03:45:00.000+01:002007-08-23T03:45:00.000+01:00Just read the speech again...shivers.Hope the film...Just read the speech again...shivers.<BR/><BR/>Hope the film gets here. There's a little Art deco cinema that may well show it.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.com