Thank you Robert for providing a lively summary with insights for us "C" students who just want takeaways with a few quotes thrown in. I'm glad the pleasure is mutual. I absolutely can see and hear Mel Brooks and Madeline Khan. A girlfriend bought me a compilation of Shakespeare's work in 1980. I still have it all these years later and it sits above my desk. But when I've tried to read it, Shakespeare's diction demands so much effort that it stops me in my tracks. I look forward to your further expositions, your manifest labor of love.
This was my first time “reading” anything Shakespeare, and I’m so grateful for your summary. Without it, I probably would’ve been lost in a jumble of words and wouldn’t have made it through!
I also love Madeleine Kahn. I watched Jeri’s YouTube video link, and that song is one Scott and will sing whenever the situation calls for it.
You're probably thinking of the Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton monstrosity, which was actually over five hours long? IMDB mentions several sources for the movie, but they don't include Shakespeare. It does mention Plutarch's "Mark Antony," from his Lives of the Famous Greeks and Romans. Shakespeare used that as his source, so there is that connection.
Thank you Robert for providing a lively summary with insights for us "C" students who just want takeaways with a few quotes thrown in. I'm glad the pleasure is mutual. I absolutely can see and hear Mel Brooks and Madeline Khan. A girlfriend bought me a compilation of Shakespeare's work in 1980. I still have it all these years later and it sits above my desk. But when I've tried to read it, Shakespeare's diction demands so much effort that it stops me in my tracks. I look forward to your further expositions, your manifest labor of love.
Hi Robert,
This was my first time “reading” anything Shakespeare, and I’m so grateful for your summary. Without it, I probably would’ve been lost in a jumble of words and wouldn’t have made it through!
I also love Madeleine Kahn. I watched Jeri’s YouTube video link, and that song is one Scott and will sing whenever the situation calls for it.
I would love to see Cleopatra played by Madeline Kahn. She is missed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uai7M4RpoLU
What a great talent. She came close to the role when she played Empress Nympho in History of the World, Part 1.
I wonder whether the four-hour movie Cleopatra borrows anything from Shakespeare's version?
You're probably thinking of the Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton monstrosity, which was actually over five hours long? IMDB mentions several sources for the movie, but they don't include Shakespeare. It does mention Plutarch's "Mark Antony," from his Lives of the Famous Greeks and Romans. Shakespeare used that as his source, so there is that connection.
Five hours! Yikes! Lots of eye-candy with Liz Taylor though.