Comments | angevin2: things in the park

angevin2

things in the park

Jul 12, 2009 00:29

No seriously. The first of them is a potted version of King John I wrote for faithhopetricks, who just went to see a production thereof. She thought I should post it, so here it is.

NB that the emphasis on Arthur being pretty is completely from the text. If anything, I toned it down.

( King John as it would be if it were shorter and more ridiculous. Contains a lot more lolcat than I thought. )

king john, dumb shakespeare humor, trekkiness

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17catherines July 12 2009, 06:49:31 UTC

Yep, I think you covered all the high points there.

(Though I am surprised you turned down the Hubert / Arthur slash opportunity. Space considerations, perhaps? Though I suppose there isn't much need for you to write it since it is right there in the text...)

angevin2 July 12 2009, 19:09:43 UTC

Hubert/Arthur totally squicks me out because Arthur is written so young, though...

17catherines July 13 2009, 00:17:41 UTC

I can understand that. It was pretty disturbing when we read through the play and suddenly it was just... there. Complete, now I think of it, with some rather unpleasant implications in terms of power dynamics. Very squickworthy.

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angevin2 July 12 2009, 19:09:06 UTC

Thank you! And you should totally post a review of Star Trek in the Park if you see it!

kerrypolka July 12 2009, 08:54:43 UTC

KING JOHN: On that note, I hear you're going to be babysitting Arthur.
HUBERT: Yeah, I'll take care of him for you.
KING JOHN: I want you to kill him, dumbass.
HUBERT: I got that.

My favorite part is how this might actually be MORE subtle than the original scene.

angevin2 July 12 2009, 19:08:37 UTC

I KNOW. John just goes ON AND ON AND ON AND ON long after it's clear that Hubert's got it. (I actually spend a lot of time in my diss talking about this scene as compared to Exton's last-minute appearance in Richard II.)

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angevin2 July 12 2009, 20:54:46 UTC

Heeeeee. I don't think John should be stupid, just really paranoid. Leonard Rossiter does a really good job with this in the Beeb version -- his downward spiral is really clearly delineated.

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penmage July 12 2009, 12:41:08 UTC

Star Trek in the Park! Oh, the wonder.

lareinenoire July 12 2009, 14:10:16 UTC

Hee, I love this so much. I am now really pumped for my BBC Histories marathon, since nobody near me is actually doing King John.

angevin2 July 12 2009, 19:07:37 UTC

The Beeb King John is really good, too. In general the Beeb series does a good job with the histories: the Henry IVs are uneven and Henry V is completely terrible, but the rest of them are excellent.