oh dear god
And thus marks the end of modern civilization.
Look, my main gripe about this, and the article, is that while Shakespeare's plays may have changed to fit the audience of the time, the language in full form has always been most important. And not just the language, but the speaking and performing of it. Sure, you can read Hamlet and The Temptest and the completely overly-used Romeo and Juliet all day long, but it's nothing compared to seeing them well-acted, well-staged, and most importantly, well-spoken.
On the other hand it is The Royal Shakespeare company and they do know what they are doing, but it still makes my pansy-ass Liberal Arts degrees waving, Historian Yay, Books are My True Love, Words Mean Things heart break.
In other news:
RIP, Dixie Carter. :(
Greatest of all time. *sigh*
I'm sort of plowing quickly through E.B. Sledge's With the Old Breed so I can have it finished by the time Jim Butcher's Changes arrives in the mail. Dear god, I'm actually excited to read fiction again. I have been, sadly, unsatisified with most fiction later, both of the published and fanfic variety, and thus have been all-academia yay! Still, there might be hope that some new series grabs me in the future.
Look, my main gripe about this, and the article, is that while Shakespeare's plays may have changed to fit the audience of the time, the language in full form has always been most important. And not just the language, but the speaking and performing of it. Sure, you can read Hamlet and The Temptest and the completely overly-used Romeo and Juliet all day long, but it's nothing compared to seeing them well-acted, well-staged, and most importantly, well-spoken.
On the other hand it is The Royal Shakespeare company and they do know what they are doing, but it still makes my pansy-ass Liberal Arts degrees waving, Historian Yay, Books are My True Love, Words Mean Things heart break.
In other news:
RIP, Dixie Carter. :(
Click to viewGreatest of all time. *sigh*
I'm sort of plowing quickly through E.B. Sledge's With the Old Breed so I can have it finished by the time Jim Butcher's Changes arrives in the mail. Dear god, I'm actually excited to read fiction again. I have been, sadly, unsatisified with most fiction later, both of the published and fanfic variety, and thus have been all-academia yay! Still, there might be hope that some new series grabs me in the future.