tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post3154271860281435087..comments2023-11-28T16:35:05.948-08:00Comments on Post-it Notes from Hades: Chair wars at AgincourtPersephonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-58467826487836148372012-07-04T12:14:53.791-07:002012-07-04T12:14:53.791-07:00It was a pretty quiet ruckus, Lisa, we Canadians s...It was a pretty quiet ruckus, Lisa, we Canadians so desperately want to be liked! <br /><br />A Company of Fools is, in my humble opinion, the best thing about theatre in Ottawa, and I'm speaking from a city with a good theatre scene and, as the national capital, regular access to national productions.<br /><br />If you want a palatable "in" to Shakespeare's history plays, try Kenneth Branagh's film of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680NlRI3v2I" rel="nofollow"><i>Henry V</i></a> which had a hand in making him famous outside Britain. Then, for fun, compare it with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9fa3HFR02E" rel="nofollow">Laurence Olivier's HV</a> which is a handy bit of WW2 propaganda. Oh, and have you heard? <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9333893/The-BBCs-The-Hollow-Crown-set-visit.html" rel="nofollow">BBC is doing a Shakespearean history-cycle</a> of Richard II (the one that upset Elizabeth I), Henry IV (both parts) and Henry V, with (be still my heart) Jeremy Irons as Henry IV and a whole much of other amazing British actors???Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215926314312539949.post-25356939969202659612012-07-04T09:38:22.643-07:002012-07-04T09:38:22.643-07:00Who'd have imagined such a ruckus at such an e...Who'd have imagined such a ruckus at such an event?! Love the way you described it. I'm not at all familiar with any of the Henry plays. I'm not sure I've even read/studied half the Bard's works. At school, usually you get treated to the same plays in college as you did in high school: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, King Lear (my personal favorite), etc. But I always confuse the Henrys, anyway. Sounds like loads of fun, though. I'd definitely attend something like that if I had the chance.Lisa Guidarinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07976652734686730456noreply@blogger.com