Zeffirelli's Hamlet and Titania passage

[ceebeegee]

Watched more of Hamlet last night but I didn't have time to watch the whole thing. I turned it off during Ophelia's funeral. I really like the very medieval feeling of the shoot. Love the way the castle dwarfs its inhabitants and how gloomy everything is. And there are a couple of party scenes that make me think of that Anglo-Saxon poem about the bird flying through the hall and how narrow the boundary is between warm and cozy on the inside, and cold and friendless on the outside.

I went through Midsummer Night's Dream today to find some Titania stuff for the showcase. I think I'm going to do the "These are the forgeries of jealousy" passage in Act II. Some beautiful stuff there.

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Forgeries of jealousy

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

I love that passage. The last time I did the show, I was "first fairy", who the director decided was Titania's "Puck" counterpart, so I was onstage flirting with Puck in the background all through that scene. Such beautiful poetry.

No, too easy...

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's beautiful stuff. Damn, that Shakespeare shore wrote some purty rhymes. It's like cheesecake, the way it sits in your mouth.