jfh@browngr.UUCP (John F. Hughes) (03/28/85)
It may seem silly to suggest this, but try re-reading The Tempest, by
W. Shakespeare. It's a remarkable play, and you will find yourself discovering
the origin of any number of familiar phrases (does 'brave new world' ring a
bell?).
It's also fun to see the movie "The Forbidden Planet" (Walter Pidgeon and
Ann Margaret, I think) after reading it...
While I'm on the subject of plays, I also recommend "After Magritte", by
Tom Stoppard (it's pretty light stuff, but with some terrific humor--he has
a nice style of using everything twice) and
Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas. This latter is wonderful to see, as well,
especially if the production is mostly done as a reading rather than as
theatre (i.e. if only a few scenes are *acted* and the rest presented merely
as dramatic reading).
-jfhreiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (04/01/85)
In article <10128@browngr.UUCP> jfh@browngr.UUCP (John (Spike) Hughes) writes: >Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas. This latter is wonderful to see, as well, >especially if the production is mostly done as a reading rather than as >theatre (i.e. if only a few scenes are *acted* and the rest presented merely >as dramatic reading). There's a film version of "Under Milk Wood". It's not much of a film, but if you watch it just to hear Thomas' language, it can be a very fine experience, especially since it stars Richard Burton as one of the male voices. Peter O'Toole is also in it, as Captain Cat. Elizabeth Taylor has a small role. Burton's voice is perfect for reading Thomas, and he is the main reason to see the film. Unless I'm mistaken, "Under Milk Wood" started life as a radio play, and I think it might work best as a purely aural experience. -- Peter Reiher reiher@ucla-cs.arpa {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher
root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith) (04/17/85)
> It's also fun to see the movie "The Forbidden Planet" (Walter Pidgeon and > Ann Margaret, I think) after reading it... Ann Margaret? Altaira was sexy but not THAT sexy. Ann Francis is who you're thinking of (unless you saw a real STRANGE Forbidden Planet). Have you read the novelization of Forbidden Planet? It's by some guy named Stewart. Each of chapters is done from the point of view of one of the characters and thus we see a little bit of everyone and the story told through everyone's eyes. Real cute. It doesn't follow the movie script at all. I was lucky enough to obtain a copy of Forbidden Planet in a used book store severl years ago. Wonder if it's worth money? -- UUCP: ...{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!trwatf!root - Lord Frith ARPA: trwatf!root@SEISMO Or as Jabba the Hut would say, "Brrrruuuuuurrrrrrrpppppp!"
maverick@trwatf.UUCP (Mark D. Grover) (04/23/85)
> It may seem silly to suggest this, but try re-reading The Tempest, by > W. Shakespeare. It's a remarkable play... > It's also fun to see the movie "The Forbidden Planet"...after reading it. I've heard this bumf for years. "The Tempest" *is* a great play. "Forbidden Planet" *is* a great movie. But the connection is *very* loose. I prefer to enjoy them separately. Can anyone imagine seeing "FP" on stage? Please... PS. I hope this doesn't start a rash of "explanations" of the parallels. I've heard them all before. -- MDG ARPA: trwatf!maverick@SEISMO UUCP: ...!{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!trwatf!maverick ...ucbvax!trwrb!trwatf!maverick
colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (04/28/85)
> > It may seem silly to suggest this, but try re-reading The Tempest, by > > W. Shakespeare. It's a remarkable play... > > It's also fun to see the movie "The Forbidden Planet"...after > > reading it. > > I've heard this bumf for years. "The Tempest" *is* a great play. "Forbidden > Planet" *is* a great movie. But the connection is *very* loose. I prefer to > enjoy them separately. Can anyone imagine seeing "FP" on stage? Please... It's been done in Buffalo. Actually, it was _The Tempest_ with some appropriate substitutions in sets, costuming, and language. (Fortunately "planet" has the same number of syllables as "island" ...) -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel