tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post93584527042755850..comments2023-06-02T16:36:37.494+03:00Comments on Shakespeare Experience: Things coming together!Alan K.Farrarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-28789221259934804222008-04-18T18:02:00.000+03:002008-04-18T18:02:00.000+03:00Okay--so I finally dug up that old MP3 of Dido, Qo...Okay--so I finally dug up that old MP3 of Dido, QoC. I'll get it uploaded to a file sharing service this weekend and give you the word. I'll probably need to split it up into smaller pieces to use one of the free file-sharing services out there. Or, if you have a gmail account or similar, I can just send you a few 9MB chunks. Hope you like it!Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543729525469734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19238239.post-77661836432238614012008-04-09T17:25:00.000+03:002008-04-09T17:25:00.000+03:00Could be, could be...you know, we know so little a...Could be, could be...you know, we know so little about the details of what was acted, and when, and who performed. I believe most of the experts think this play was done at University, then by a boys' company, but who knows? Shakespeare certainly thought fondly of "Dido," based on the tribute he gave it in "Hamlet." I'm always touched by the Marlovian tributes in Shakespeare, even the mangled quotes that Pistol spouts.<BR/><BR/>And I agree with Hamlet! That one speech in "Dido" moves me deeply. I don't think it's all bombast, although I suppose you could deliver it that way. I think it's a really quite wonderful counterpoint to the rah-rah militarism so prevelant in contemporary plays--vivd, powerful, always gets an emotional response out of me. Honestly, I like it better than Shakespeare's riff on it ("Anon, he finds him..."), which _does_ just strike me as beautifully executed bombast, Charleton Heston's rendition notwithstanding. <BR/><BR/>I've got a very nice MP3 of a BBC prodution of "Dido" from a few years back. I wonder if I could tempt you with it?Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543729525469734022noreply@blogger.com