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catintheengine · 08-05-2009, 11:32 AM

You see, I'm torn here.

I agree with some of you that it might turn away some of the general audience.

On the other hand, being a someone who's studied some of Shakespeare's works, I recognize that there is something so epically poetic about the way it it sounds when spoken properly. And we know that Branagh can handle it as a director.

I mean, I know what they said about the film wouldn't have it, but in the whole scheme of things I would much rather have them speaking Elizabethan English over really modern English with colloquialisms and what have you.

Maybe they could find a nice middle-ground? Like...'Shakespeare Lite'?

08-05-2009, 11:32 AM	#41
catintheengine Registered Rhymnicologist Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a rock Posts: 254	Re: Shakespearean English You see, I'm torn here. I agree with some of you that it might turn away some of the general audience. On the other hand, being a someone who's studied some of Shakespeare's works, I recognize that there is something so epically poetic about the way it it sounds when spoken properly. And we know that Branagh can handle it as a director. I mean, I know what they said about the film wouldn't have it, but in the whole scheme of things I would much rather have them speaking Elizabethan English over really modern English with colloquialisms and what have you. Maybe they could find a nice middle-ground? Like...'Shakespeare Lite'?