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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.2381  Wednesday, 17 December 2003

[1]     From:   Martin Steward <martinsteward@blueyonder.co.uk>
        Date:   Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003 13:15:54 -0000
        Subj:   Re: SHK 14.2379 Renaissance Related Film and TV Shows

[2]     From:   Andy Jones <andyjones@northrock.bm>
        Date:   Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003 17:57:02 -0400
        Subj:   Re: SHK 14.2379 Renaissance Related Film and TV Shows


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From:           Martin Steward <martinsteward@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date:           Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003 13:15:54 -0000
Subject: 14.2379 Renaissance Related Film and TV Shows
Comment:        Re: SHK 14.2379 Renaissance Related Film and TV Shows

"Would anyone who saw this production [Henry VIII] recommend it to those
of us on the Left Side, so that we should try to find a way to view it?"

First of all, the television drama referred to was not a production of
Shakespeare and Fletcher's play Henry VII or All Is True.

It was just a historical cozzie-drama, albeit one that cost £6,000,000.

Moreover, it was absolute rubbish.

Fans of historical cozzie drama would do much better to search out the
BBC's rather excellent Charles II: The Power and the Passion, which
aired in the UK a few weeks ago.

m

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From:           Andy Jones <andyjones@northrock.bm>
Date:           Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003 17:57:02 -0400
Subject: 14.2379 Renaissance Related Film and TV Shows
Comment:        Re: SHK 14.2379 Renaissance Related Film and TV Shows

D Bloom <dbloom@asms.net> asks,

>Is anyone else bothered by free-form fantasies on the lives and
>characters of historical figures that seem to have little or no relation
>to those characters as we can derive them from their actions and
>writings?

Yes, I'm very bothered by this, too. In fact there's a little-known play
called "Richard III" which I think should be banned for this very
reason.

I have a similar problem with the title characters of Henry V and
Macbeth, and with Joan of Arc in Henry VI Part I. And don't get me
started on Sir John Falstaff.

Sorry, Don. I wasn't sure whether you were being tongue-in-cheek about
this, or not!

Andy Jones

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