tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post445851674649298310..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: The Tragicall Truth About Hamletalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-29625133089221630002008-06-13T08:23:00.000+01:002008-06-13T08:23:00.000+01:00Did you really sit through it in Russian? A Danish...Did you really sit through it in Russian? A Danish Prince speaking a Russian translation of old English words. Cool.Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145612102935177016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-40013681050159500462008-06-13T03:19:00.000+01:002008-06-13T03:19:00.000+01:00I think that the best thing I got from studying Ha...I think that the best thing I got from studying Hamlet was a better appreciation of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead"!<BR/>(Which latter play doesn't have integration and differentiation, but does have a rather wonderful discussion of probabilities!)<BR/><BR/>N.BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-8780659861414722642008-06-12T23:46:00.000+01:002008-06-12T23:46:00.000+01:00Obviously Shakespeare would have proof read too.(D...Obviously Shakespeare would have proof read too.<BR/><BR/>(Double checked that I didn't forget the 'r'!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-48323707686969356202008-06-12T16:31:00.000+01:002008-06-12T16:31:00.000+01:00Yes, but more years than I care to mention after m...Yes, but more years than I care to mention after my O levels, I can still quote chunks from it and you never know when that might come in handy.<BR/><BR/>Whether 'tis nobler in the mind....Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-23000119804450398962008-06-12T14:16:00.000+01:002008-06-12T14:16:00.000+01:00Oh no, it's gotta be Mel Gibson as Hamlet.....yumm...Oh no, it's gotta be Mel Gibson as Hamlet.....yummy! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-72838986381035361672008-06-12T13:51:00.000+01:002008-06-12T13:51:00.000+01:00I listened to Macbeth in my sleep (on my walkman ...I listened to Macbeth in my sleep (on my walkman - an 80's girl am I).<BR/>Even now, years later, I am still pretty much word perfect on Lady Macbeth's battlement speech. No use to me what so ever, but nice to know it's still there.Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948822019200873512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-87100365796921633032008-06-12T11:58:00.000+01:002008-06-12T11:58:00.000+01:00Correction: the book I dimly remebered from 1959 (...Correction: the book I dimly remebered from 1959 (when I bought it) is actually 'What happens in Hamlet' by John Dover Wilson. I have now found it on my shelves and am rereading the text as well as the commentary. It pays to check more accurately!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-41345405892679168362008-06-12T11:24:00.000+01:002008-06-12T11:24:00.000+01:00Useless? Shakespear / Hamlet useless? Excuse me wh...Useless? Shakespear / Hamlet useless? Excuse me while I choke on my toast....carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656637287438974853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-62134667037718321112008-06-12T10:06:00.000+01:002008-06-12T10:06:00.000+01:00I am certain that Shakespeare would have bogged. H...I am certain that Shakespeare would have bogged. His plays were pop culture of their day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-20320518519584767672008-06-12T10:02:00.000+01:002008-06-12T10:02:00.000+01:00I am not entirely sure that it is all useless. I ...I am not entirely sure that it is all useless. I still have on my shelves and enjoy 'Whatever happened in Hamlet' by J. Wilson Knight. I recently got the Alec Guinness audio version of 1956 from the library for a blind man I visit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-2226555556509553642008-06-12T09:05:00.000+01:002008-06-12T09:05:00.000+01:00And to be honest you're highly unlikely to ever ne...And to be honest you're highly unlikely to ever need it again! The hoops we have to go through to get the relevant bits of paper!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-32285958671703878702008-06-12T07:09:00.000+01:002008-06-12T07:09:00.000+01:00Well, quite. But to be honest I can't remember the...Well, quite. But to be honest I can't remember the last time I directly applied all the differentiation and integration rules I once knew either. <BR/><BR/>I remember going to see the Kenneth Branagh version of Hamlet when we lived in the US. We very nearly left at half time - I'd got to the point where if I saw the shot of water running over leaves one more time I thought I would scream!dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.com