Thursday 30 September 2010

A television for a stage

The WRG hasn't done a Shakespeare yet. When we do, it might well be Measure for Measure, a real favourite of mine. Little wonder, you might groan, given it's about the common good and urban governance. But if we didn't do Measure, then Henry V would be a pretty good bet. The BBC seems to think so too, with the 'first adaptation for 30 years'. The implicit statement in the Guardian piece here is that this should be a more frequent occurrence: how often, exactly? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/29/bbc-henry-v-william-shakespeare. Graundidad silliness aside, we'll see in 2012 when this new one is screened. Heretic I know, but I've always rated the Branagh more highly than Olivier.

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