tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post7503788557244211662..comments2023-06-02T16:36:37.494+03:00Comments on Shakespeare Experience: Two (not 3, or 1) Gentlemen ...Alan K.Farrarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-81614905716979144322008-05-23T08:35:00.000+03:002008-05-23T08:35:00.000+03:00words words wordsI feel a post moving on on the re...words words words<BR/><BR/>I feel a post moving on on the reading issue.<BR/><BR/>(Although I refer you to the Intelligence post as a starting point.)<BR/><BR/>What is it Doctor Jonson said - never read a book in his life?<BR/><BR/>And why did Shakes not publish - clear as anything else, he wanted his plays watched.<BR/><BR/>Recommend 10:1 (not allowed to read a play once 'til seen 10 times first).Alan K.Farrarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-18124762816436786162008-05-23T00:16:00.000+03:002008-05-23T00:16:00.000+03:00Well, (a) not true--I'm devoted to the plays in pe...Well, (a) not true--I'm devoted to the plays in performance; saw Two Gentlemen last month, in fact, at an American univesity (Crab stole the show); and (b) how can you argue against the plays as literary objects, too, in the face of Heminge and Condell's cheerfully mercantile exhortation to "read him...and again, and again;" and furthermore (c) I saw an absolutely breathtaking Titus last year in Washington--it has certain infelicities, but can be immensely powerful if handled correctly.<BR/><BR/>My answer to whether Shakespeare should be read or watched is an emphatic "YES."Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543729525469734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-28382705547723869182008-05-22T22:19:00.000+03:002008-05-22T22:19:00.000+03:00It's because you keep reading!Stop it - go watch t...It's because you keep reading!<BR/><BR/>Stop it - go watch the things.<BR/><BR/>(I dare you not to giggle in Titus)Alan K.Farrarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-42602577965270666172008-05-22T20:16:00.000+03:002008-05-22T20:16:00.000+03:00Hum. It seems to me that the thesis in Gentlemen ...Hum. It seems to me that the thesis in Gentlemen is that romantic and marital relationships are strictly secondary in quality to idealized male-male friendship. That's where Valentine puts his chips in Act V.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I enjoyed your reading of Gents very much, though I can't say I've come around to a point where I actually like the play! I'm eager to see you get to the early Shakespeare that really speaks to me: 3 Henry 6, Titus, and so on.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543729525469734022noreply@blogger.com