Macbeth

Silver Turtle · 11-17-2003, 05:12 PM

The play we're preforming this year is Macbeth, and it opens thursday. So I might not be online till sunday cause of practice being so late all this week.

Side question: Has anyone ever read the original play?

*R-iZZy* · 11-17-2003, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Silver Turtle

Side question: Has anyone ever read the original play?

I have, and it sent me to tears....... of boredom. No offense, I just didn't find it so appealing. But perhaps history hypes it so much because it was the talk of 'ol times.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 11-17-2003, 05:59 PM

I never read the play, but I did see a performance of it once at a college in my hometown...everything about it was alright except the witches: the way they screamed and laughed made ME laugh too!

**Machias Banshee** · 11-17-2003, 06:17 PM

read it, its was okay. I prefer Hamlet...

**Nturtle** · 11-17-2003, 06:27 PM

Yeah I've read Macbeth. I kind of liked it, its probably my favorite Shakespeare play....

Also try to watch the movie Scotland, PA its a hillarious rendition of Macbeth except Scotland is a diner and its set in 1975

*Cascadia* · 11-17-2003, 06:34 PM

I read Macbeth my Senior year in high school....it was ok

*Voltron* · 11-17-2003, 07:08 PM

With the exception of Julius Ceasar, everything I have ever read by Shakespeare was a textual sedative.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 11-17-2003, 09:26 PM

I must be a freak or something, because everything Shakespeare I've read so far has enthralled me to a degree, last one I read was Hamlet during my senior year. It was actually kinda interesting how my class read it: we had our books open looking into it finding specific quotes while simultaneously watching the Kenneth Branaugh film version. Yes, very interesting, despite having a few scenes out of seqeunce from the original play in the film. Now I want to see the one with Mel Gibson as Hamlet (my teacher suggested to the class that it's good to watch only after you've read the play at least once already since it has tons of omissions).

*Voltron* · 11-17-2003, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Reznorite420

I must be a freak or something, because everything Shakespeare I've read so far has enthralled me to a degree, last one I read was Hamlet during my senior year. It was actually kinda interesting how my class read it: we had our books open looking into it finding specific quotes while simultaneously watching the Kenneth Branaugh film version. Yes, very interesting, despite having a few scenes out of seqeunce from the original play in the film. Now I want to see the one with Mel Gibson as Hamlet (my teacher suggested to the class that it's good to watch only after you've read the play at least once already since it has tons of omissions).

What gets mke is that Shakespeare seems to follow the same pattern. In every play, things turn to **** and then the main characters die, the end.

Now, I haven't read everything by Willy, but from what I have read, it seems like this trend is very popular and (to me) predictable to the point of blacking out.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 11-17-2003, 09:32 PM

Well, seems to me you've never read A Midsummer Night's Dream. No one dies, because it's a comedy

*Voltron* · 11-17-2003, 09:37 PM

Correct. But as it is, I am not a huge fan of Shakespeare's work, so chances are I will go out of my way to read it.

**Machias Banshee** · 11-17-2003, 10:20 PM

*speaks like Fat Bastard, but in reverse*

xes yeknod twah fo STWAL tog stI

*Voltron* · 11-17-2003, 11:04 PM

I'm there

**Machias Banshee** · 11-17-2003, 11:24 PM

ain't culture great?!

*That Matt Guy* · 11-17-2003, 11:50 PM

I enjoyed reading Shakespeare whenever we had to in school. Hamlet was my favorite though.

**Kali** · 11-18-2003, 11:35 AM

I read Macbeth, and I like the story. It's one of two Shakespeare plays I own a copy of (Hamlet being the other.) Of course I do have the collected works of William Shakespeare on CD-Rom, so I guess I have a copy of everything...

In school, I always volunteered to read Shakespeare aloud. It's the only time I volunteered for anything like that. It seemed like I was the only one who could read the stuff without going really slow or stumbling.

*raphael_is_cool* · 11-18-2003, 12:10 PM

Well, plays always came in the variety of tragedy or comedy (did I say variety?) and it seems a lot of the time William Shakespeare wrote tragedies. I didn't like Romeo and Juliet (but then you'd appreciate it's originality back then) but I liked Macbeth (I liked the predicting the future thing..well the forest rising up thing, that was clever), those are the only 2 I have read

Silver Turtle · 11-18-2003, 04:57 PM

Reznorite 420 - Don't laugh at me, but I play one of the witches in it.

Luckily I managed to get on tonight. All day rehersal tomorrow so I doubt i'll make it. Good thing is after we finish all the performances, we get to do the comedy version. Lol

*Dane E5R* · 11-18-2003, 06:59 PM

I hear the play's cursed.

*Voltron* · 11-18-2003, 07:12 PM

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I hear the play's cursed.

Yeah, legend has it that it is. Many people die while or after performing it. Some actors call it the "Unmentionable" in fear that the curse will claim them as well.

WOOOOooOoOOOOOOooOoo!

11-17-2003, 05:12 PM	#1
Silver Turtle Foot Soldier Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 102	Macbeth The play we're preforming this year is Macbeth, and it opens thursday. So I might not be online till sunday cause of practice being so late all this week. Side question: Has anyone ever read the original play? __________________ I like the color silver.

11-17-2003, 06:27 PM	#5
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	Yeah I've read Macbeth. I kind of liked it, its probably my favorite Shakespeare play.... Also try to watch the movie Scotland, PA its a hillarious rendition of Macbeth except Scotland is a diner and its set in 1975 __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

11-17-2003, 06:34 PM	#6
Cascadia Oregonian in heart & soul Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,731	I read Macbeth my Senior year in high school....it was ok __________________ Formally known as Scientific freak

11-18-2003, 04:57 PM	#18
Silver Turtle Foot Soldier Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 102	Reznorite 420 - Don't laugh at me, but I play one of the witches in it. Luckily I managed to get on tonight. All day rehersal tomorrow so I doubt i'll make it. Good thing is after we finish all the performances, we get to do the comedy version. Lol __________________ I like the color silver.

11-18-2003, 06:59 PM	#19
Dane E5R Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Topeka, Kansas Posts: 1,602	I hear the play's cursed. __________________ http://www.luckyusshow.com

11-17-2003, 05:59 PM	#3
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	I never read the play, but I did see a performance of it once at a college in my hometown...everything about it was alright except the witches: the way they screamed and laughed made ME laugh too!

11-17-2003, 06:17 PM	#4
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	read it, its was okay. I prefer Hamlet...

11-17-2003, 07:08 PM	#7
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	With the exception of Julius Ceasar, everything I have ever read by Shakespeare was a textual sedative.

11-17-2003, 09:26 PM	#8
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	I must be a freak or something, because everything Shakespeare I've read so far has enthralled me to a degree, last one I read was Hamlet during my senior year. It was actually kinda interesting how my class read it: we had our books open looking into it finding specific quotes while simultaneously watching the Kenneth Branaugh film version. Yes, very interesting, despite having a few scenes out of seqeunce from the original play in the film. Now I want to see the one with Mel Gibson as Hamlet (my teacher suggested to the class that it's good to watch only after you've read the play at least once already since it has tons of omissions).

11-17-2003, 09:32 PM	#10
~~Reznorite420~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,851	Well, seems to me you've never read A Midsummer Night's Dream. No one dies, because it's a comedy

11-17-2003, 09:37 PM	#11
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	Correct. But as it is, I am not a huge fan of Shakespeare's work, so chances are I will go out of my way to read it.

11-17-2003, 10:20 PM	#12
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	speaks like Fat Bastard, but in reverse xes yeknod twah fo STWAL tog stI

11-17-2003, 11:04 PM	#13
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	I'm there

11-17-2003, 11:24 PM	#14
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	ain't culture great?!

11-17-2003, 11:50 PM	#15
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	I enjoyed reading Shakespeare whenever we had to in school. Hamlet was my favorite though.

11-18-2003, 11:35 AM	#16
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	I read Macbeth, and I like the story. It's one of two Shakespeare plays I own a copy of (Hamlet being the other.) Of course I do have the collected works of William Shakespeare on CD-Rom, so I guess I have a copy of everything... In school, I always volunteered to read Shakespeare aloud. It's the only time I volunteered for anything like that. It seemed like I was the only one who could read the stuff without going really slow or stumbling.

11-18-2003, 12:10 PM	#17
raphael_is_cool Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Posts: 2,151	Well, plays always came in the variety of tragedy or comedy (did I say variety?) and it seems a lot of the time William Shakespeare wrote tragedies. I didn't like Romeo and Juliet (but then you'd appreciate it's originality back then) but I liked Macbeth (I liked the predicting the future thing..well the forest rising up thing, that was clever), those are the only 2 I have read