Reading this summary of the plans for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, it occurred to this blog to posit this to my readers: What would be the most disturbing production of Shakespeare you could imagine-- if you dare? Added level of difficulty: Do not cite a production that has actually happened. (This gets rid of Keanu Reeves as Hamlet right away.) So, c'mon, what's the most dreadfully Avon-garde production you can fathom-and-half? Try to avoid, if you can, the obvious combinations, like those involving Jessica Simpson playing Cleopatra, her barge like a bikini-burnished throne and her something-something beaten gold.
Personally, I'm waiting, with a Jaques-like despair, for the David Mamet version of As You Like It. Joe Mantegna as Touchstone? Natch...
Utterly unrelated post-script: As my marking continues, a recurring error that's cause for contemplation: apparently several of my charges believe that a "one-night stand" is a "one nightstand." Should I find this, er, alarming? Then again, both usually do involve wood in some way....
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