tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post6452553066165994872..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: For somebody who needs itStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-56114395573703386092007-03-24T09:44:00.000+00:002007-03-24T09:44:00.000+00:00Dear Steve and AK, Thanks for the interest. I saw ...Dear Steve and AK, Thanks for the interest. I saw the Stoppard play when it was quite new, and certainly it made an impression. So, of course, has a lot more over the years. But I think what I've done isn't quite like anything else.<BR/>Thanks more generally to you, Steve, for what you say and for what you net from the net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-26785436184974169412007-03-22T22:39:00.000+00:002007-03-22T22:39:00.000+00:00You should watch the film, though- well worth a lo...You should watch the film, though- well worth a look. Very rarely been to plays, myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-74607336181625548052007-03-22T22:16:00.000+00:002007-03-22T22:16:00.000+00:00Of course, just testing.Actually, I have an aversi...Of course, just testing.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I have an aversion to theatre and have never seen either Hamlet or Stoppard.Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-9424815722203063712007-03-22T22:10:00.000+00:002007-03-22T22:10:00.000+00:00Should have said some of the characters only speak...Should have said some of the characters only speak their original Hamlet lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-26408732101909436952007-03-22T22:09:00.000+00:002007-03-22T22:09:00.000+00:00I'm only familiar with the movie of R&G Are Dead, ...I'm only familiar with the movie of R&G Are Dead, but like Griffiths' novel it is an offshoot of Hamlet, and like Stoppard's work, the characters speak their Hamlet lines. There's not too many other offshoots of plays I know of, and so it fairly natural for Stoppard's work to come to mind. Which isn't to pre-judge Griffiths work at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-64025782003674658102007-03-22T21:40:00.000+00:002007-03-22T21:40:00.000+00:00Can you explain?Can you explain?Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-72919451605381476992007-03-21T22:42:00.000+00:002007-03-21T22:42:00.000+00:00Rosncrantz and Guildenstern are Dead comes to mind...Rosncrantz and Guildenstern are Dead comes to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com