On the heels of the squee-inducing news that the RSC will be doing a cinema broadcast of David Tennant's Richard II, more excitement:

NT Live will be broadcasting Kenneth Branagh's upcoming Macbeth.

It is going to be such a great summer/fall. In addition to those productions, also happening in the future are:

Jamie Parker in Henry V

Mark ( Read more... )

I have spent a lot of today sitting in front of the computer writing fic and eating Capn Crunch instead of writing my syllabus for class Monday, because I am responsible like that.

Oddly, my Shakespeare posts get longer in that sort of situation.

Day #19: Your favorite movie version of a playOh man, this is a tricky one. I am working on two ( Read more... )

Include doing caricatures of Shakespearean actors with South Park Studio.

We present to you:

( Notable Hamlets of Our Time )

From News on the Rialto:

HBO Films presents director Kenneth Branagh's imaginative adaptation of Shakespeare's classic AS YOU LIKE IT, celebrating the enduring power of love in all its many disguises. Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out ( Read more... )

Because everyone else is doing it, and I figured, why not? It looked fun.

Comment on this entry and I will give you a letter. Write ten words beginning with that letter, and tell us what the word means to you and why.

ataniell93 gave me K, and it was surprisingly difficult to come up with ten not-completely-random things. But here goes:

( Stuff that starts with K )

So the Sci-Fi Channel is showing Dead Again, which I hadn't seen before despite the fact that it stars Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, and Derek Jacobi. I can't begin to explain how weird it is to hear Branagh speaking with an American accent (though it's not weird to hear Emma Thompson speaking with one for some reason). Major cognitive dissonance ( Read more... )

Had a very good day today, spent hanging out with Beth, which is always most entertaining. We started out just kind of sitting on the couch and being snide but eventually went shopping. I attempted to buy a really neat pair of Doc Marten boots, except they didn't have them in my size, and a Riverside Shakespeare for next semester, except that ( Read more... )

So I'm in an alarmingly cheery mood this evening despite the fact that my back still hurts terribly, I've run into a confusing situation at school, and I'm not getting my work done. I chalk it up to seeing the tail end of the Branagh Henry V on IFC (thanks again to Jon for the tip :) ). Missed most of it but did catch Agincourt and the wooing scene ( Read more... )