fling away ambition!
So I just finished watching the Beeb's Henry VIII, which means that I have seen all of Shakespeare's plays (plus one of Shakespeare/Fletcher's) in performance at least once. Henry VIII, btw, was quite excellent, which was a pleasant surprise; I had heard good things, and it has an excellent cast, but I remembered the play as being, with the exception of some of Wolsey's and Katherine's scenes, a crashing bore. Well, the production was in fact not a crashing bore and was quite engaging throughout, and Tim West in particular just did a fantastic job as Wolsey. My running commentary on it will appear on this lj in about a half-hour when loudtwitter ships my twitter posts.
What that means, though, is that the BBC Shakespeare set is, so to speak, my oyster, and so the only factors governing my choice of next play to watch is that there are quite a few Beeb productions I've already seen. I am therefore soliciting advice from my flist on which one to watch next, in handy poll form. Split into comedies and tragedies (I've seen all the histories) because the poll wouldn't quite fit all of them.
Poll Continuing through the Beeb Shakespeares...
What that means, though, is that the BBC Shakespeare set is, so to speak, my oyster, and so the only factors governing my choice of next play to watch is that there are quite a few Beeb productions I've already seen. I am therefore soliciting advice from my flist on which one to watch next, in handy poll form. Split into comedies and tragedies (I've seen all the histories) because the poll wouldn't quite fit all of them.
Poll Continuing through the Beeb Shakespeares...