Shakespeare

[Iota]

Now, THAT is impressive 😁

I do occasionally watch Borgen or other Scandi Noir/Nordic dramas without the subs, because I find the sound world and linguistic formation, fascinating.

I did wonder, at first, whether Sidse Babette Knudsen had something to do with it, but thankfully, it is broader than that.

Mostly.

I loved Borgen (SBK was indeed brilliant) and most of the Scandi Noir series I've seen, and for me too the language is always a significant part of the charm and aura of the experience.

[SimonNZ]

Saw a production of King Lear last night.

Oswald was played as an android who talked and acted exactly like Kryten from Red Dwarf.

And that didn't even make my top 10 wtf?? of choices that were made.

[Karl Henning]

Saw a production of King Lear last night.

Oswald was played as an android who talked and acted exactly like Kryten from Red Dwarf.

And that didn't even make my top 10 wtf?? of choices that were made.

Oof! I have a Lear coming in, will report. Separately, I'm re-watching the victrola-&-bicycle Midsummer Night's Dream tonight. 

[Kalevala]

Saw a production of King Lear last night.

Oswald was played as an android who talked and acted exactly like Kryten from Red Dwarf.

And that didn't even make my top 10 wtf?? of choices that were made.

K

[Karl Henning]

Some considerable time ago, Larry ((poco) Sforzando -- a user name which baffles the "mention" utility) spoke of a similar purchase.  Recently as I was watching a BBC production of King Lear, I was visited, first, by the tangential thought that I had never seen The Tempest, and it was probably time that I did/do. and second, by the recollection of Larry's purchase. So, (an entirely differemt set, it must be) I made this impulse purchase. So far I have not yet watched The Tempest itself (though I watched an interview with the chap who plays Prospero in this production) but I've watched both Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night, loving them both.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Thanks for the mention, Karl, but I do not know what the "mention utility" means or why my name has baffled it.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks for the mention, Karl, but I do not know what the "mention utility" means or why my name has baffled it.

If one types the "at" symbol followed by a username: @ritter e.g. there is a link to that user's profile, and they receive an alert. I decided to call that a "mention utility," but it's probably not the industry-sanctioned designation. As to why your username proves an unusual challenge, that's more than I can speak to.

[ritter]

If one types the "at" symbol followed by a username: @ritter e.g. there is a link to that user's profile, and they receive an alert. I decided to call that a "mention utility," but it's probably not the industry-sanctioned designation. As to why your username proves an unusual challenge, that's more than I can speak to.

Has someone summoned me? 

"...nur Ruhe will ich,
nur Ruhe – ach! – der Müden.
Schlafen! – Oh, dass mich keiner wecke!..."

[JBS]

I think the parenthesis at the start of the user name throws the widget (or whatever it is) off.

[(poco) Sforzando]

I was once just Sforzando, but I thought that sounded a bit harsh, so I added the (poco). Which musically speaking makes very little sense; either you play the note sforzando, or you don't.

[Karl Henning]

I was once just Sforzando, but I thought that sounded a bit harsh, so I added the (poco). Which musically speaking makes very little sense; either you play the note sforzando, or you don't.

I enjoy that wry contradiction.