Hamlet:

Old Hamlet's New Groove: AU in which Claudius got the wrong potion and turned his brother into a swan instead of assassinating him. The rest is most definitely not silence.

Mary Reilly - Valerie Martin):

The Mary Reilly Papers: which takes the novel's conceit of being a genuine found Victorian diary, complete with editorial remark at the end ( Read more... )

Peter O'Toole has announced his retirement from acting (in very O'Toolian style), to which at his age he's more than entitled. But what with him having acted in two of my favourite films of all times (Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion in Winter), and still being splendid as late as three or so years ago in Venus, I'm a bit sad nonetheless. Also ( Read more... )

Blake's 7:

Compendium

Five games Avon and Servalan played with each other (and mostly lost). I always have had a soft spot for the twisted Avon/Servalan relationship, and find them both deliciously in character here.

Hamlet/Faust

How Luther laughed at the devilNot a slash pairing, but a crossover of plays! And ten times more entertaining than ( Read more... )

I've had a frightfully busy weekend, which makes for more short entries. However, I offer links and film excerpts!

Fanfiction of the crossover kind:

Torchwood/Doctor Who: Elevator to the moon (a little out of reach). In which post-Children of Earth Jack runs into the pre-Waters of Mars Doctor. Post-CoE this plot has practically become its own ( Read more... )

1.) Trailer for the Tennant/Stewart Hamlet , which both brings back the joy of having watched this live and the anticipation of seeing it again. I just hope the RSC delivered that dvd I ordered eons ago as promised. Also, once the dvd is available and the film has been broadcast, I hope for lots of screencaps and plenty of icons, hopefully some of ( Read more... )

Monday starts with good news, to wit, that the RSC will film last year's Hamlet production starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart, thus making me happy on three fannish fronts. (Incidentally, and speaking of X-Men/Time Lord/Shakespeare crossovers, I have the McKellen/McCoy Lear dvd now, and plan to watch it soon.) Having seen it once just wasn ( Read more... )

The festival for short films has started in my hometown Bamberg, and I'm in the jury, so, no time for long entries, though I hope to post a report on the films later. (Also, I haven't been in a film festival jury before, so I'm looking forward to finding out the technicality of the process - will we get clipboards, I wonder ( Read more... )

So… I believe there was something about a play?

( The play's the thing )

I - and bimo, and iamsab, and many another - are going to watch Hamlet in Stratford this season, so I was thrilled to find the RSC has put up an interview with the director, Greg Doran. (Why yes, I want to see two particular actors in that play. But I still want the play to be something other than a star vehicle, so finding out about production ideas is ( Read more... )

So here I am, preparing for my trip to Los Angeles next week, when I try to catch up on my flist and discover, via lizbee, that David Tennant is confirmed to play Hamlet next season with the RSC... and with Patrick Stewart as Claudius.

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Now I know I already spoiled myself last year by watching Patrick Stewart as Prospero and as Antony, but this is ( Read more... )