tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post113166065823738158..comments2024-02-22T01:36:48.427-08:00Comments on On Theatre and Politics - Matthew Freeman: First Folio Shakespeare Method - A lectureFreemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-1131729504775226552005-11-11T09:18:00.000-08:002005-11-11T09:18:00.000-08:00Nah -- I have no sense of humor.Nah -- I have no sense of humor.Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177922467901223790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-1131723167292526112005-11-11T07:32:00.000-08:002005-11-11T07:32:00.000-08:00And here I thought I could get away with being fun...And here I thought I could get away with being funny. Or trying to.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-1131721079038148702005-11-11T06:57:00.000-08:002005-11-11T06:57:00.000-08:00Yeah, I've run into as few like you describe. But ...Yeah, I've run into as few like you describe. But as the former Associate Artistic Director of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, I can tell you that I've run into a LOT more who think that verse is just prose that's been printed oddly, that Shakespeare didn't pay any attention to the rhythms and words he was using, and if you just feel it all deeply the words will take of themselves. I know that my lifespan has been lessened by several years as a result of sitting through Shakespeare productions directed by and cast with such no-nothings.<BR/><BR/>I suppose the Greeks' "moderation in all things" applies here. And if you err, err on the side of actually analyzing the verse.Scott Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177922467901223790noreply@blogger.com