In Reply to: Re: "Shakespeare is magic " posted by Gee LP on May 31, 2005 at 13:45:40:
Modern English (yes, with a capital "M") in the exact same sense Dante "invented" Modern Italian.
Too often, folks misunderstand "simple" for "simplistic."
Though he seldom uses "big words," the meanings in his soliloquies are subtle and beautiful as any words ever written.
I wouldn't put too much emphasis on what ONE actor or teacher says about playing any of Shakespeare's characters, especially since we have a video record of Olivier to consult...
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- Shakespeare is rightly considered the father of - tinear 15:21:01 05/31/05 (7)
- Re: Shakespeare is rightly considered the father of - RGA 16:35:06 05/31/05 (0)
- Re: Why I quoted that instructor's comment - Gee LP 15:39:25 05/31/05 (5)
- You forgot to include Sir John Gielgud in your list: his "Lear" is chilling, to say the least..." - orejones 10:43:17 06/02/05 (1)
- Re: You forgot to include Sir John Gielgud in your list: his "Lear" is chilling, to say the least..." - Gee LP 22:54:37 06/02/05 (0)
- My university - RGA 16:39:34 05/31/05 (2)
- Correction - RGA 16:44:28 05/31/05 (1)
- Re: Correction - patrickU 05:18:36 06/01/05 (0)