>I'm still iffy about any plays being on "must read" lists. > >Nobody ever suggests reading the script for "Citizen Kane" - they say "go >watch it" so why do we constantly get told to read plays? I LOVE "Hamlet" >but I can't argue with those that say it's hard to read... because I don't >think it was meant to be read. It's an instruction manual for the actors.
I think with Shakespeare the issue is that unless you have sat down and read the play it can be hard to follow a live performance. The language is just too archaic for most of us to understand unless we've sat down and read through it *slowly* enough to decipher it first. Not that you can't still get the gist of what is going on, but it doesn't quite have the same impact. I'd agree with you on most plays though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266269 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
