The Merchant of Venice Play by William Shakespeare
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NZer — 5 years ago(May 12, 2020 07:25 AM)
I saw it live onstage, and it was boring! It's boring to read too, except for the few good quotes, like, 'Double, double, toil and trouble' (the three witches) and "Is this a dagger which I see before me…" . (Macbeth) "Out damned spot, out I say". (Lady Macbeth.)
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Eggie Herback — 5 years ago(May 12, 2020 08:00 AM)
ACT I
SCENE I. A desert place.
Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches
First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch
When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Third Witch
That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch
Where the place?
Second Witch
Upon the heath.
Third Witch
There to meet with Macbeth.
First Witch
I come, Graymalkin!
Second Witch
Paddock calls.
Third Witch
Anon.
ALL
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Exeunt
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/full.html
Shema Yisrael!!!!!!!!!! -
None — 5 years ago(May 12, 2020 09:55 AM)
Polanski’s version was more fun. It was shorter than the play, upped the violence, threw in some gratuitous nudity and featured a young actor who went on to become an annoying children’s TV personality. I watched it at school and we cheered when his character was murdered.
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None — 5 years ago(May 12, 2020 10:28 AM)
I forgot about Playboy making it. That explains the nudity.
Jon Finch was a star for a bit of time during the 1970s but ended up in supporting roles. My favourite oddity from his credits is The Final Programme (known in the US as The Last Days of Man on Earth). -
None — 5 years ago(May 12, 2020 11:28 AM)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_I
Robinson's script is largely autobiographical. "Marwood" is Robinson; "Withnail" is based on Vivian MacKerrell, a friend with whom he shared a Camden house, and "Uncle Monty" is loosely based on Franco Zeffirelli, from whom Robinson received unwanted amorous attentions when he was a young actor.
Early in the film, Withnail reads a newspaper headline "Boy Lands Plum Role for Top Italian Director" and suggests that the director is sexually abusing the boy. This is a reference to the sexual harassment that Robinson alleges he suffered at the hands of Zeffirelli when, at age 21, he won the role of Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet. Robinson attributed Uncle Monty's question to Marwood ("Are you a sponge or a stone?") as a direct quote from Zeffereli. -
WorldTraveler — 5 years ago(May 12, 2020 08:12 AM)
Enter BASSANIO and SHYLOCK
SHYLOCK
Three thousand ducats; well.
BASSANIO
Ay, sir, for three months.
SHYLOCK
For three months; well.
BASSANIO
For the which, as I told you, Antonio shall be bound.
SHYLOCK
Antonio shall become bound; well.
BASSANIO
May you stead me? will you pleasure me? shall I
know your answer?
SHYLOCK
Three thousand ducats for three months and Antonio bound.
Me with my backpack in zeldan paradises