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Old 09-21-2009, 12:50 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
To read? To a certain extent I agree with you. Shakespeare really only comes to life in a good performance.
I suspect even very poorly written and/or fairly dull stories could be made quite wonderful on stage with sufficiently good actors and inspired directorial interpretation.

By which I mean to say that I don't necessarily agree that good performances in and of themselves necessarily redeem Shakespeare.

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