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Originally Posted by ahi
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.
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I don't think I agree with that. While actors and directors can rise above the material they are performing, its hard to get an entire company to do so night after night if there is nothing there for them to sink their teeth into. Many great actors and directors have hurt their careers by becoming involved in clunkers.
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By which I mean to say that I don't necessarily agree that good performances in and of themselves necessarily redeem Shakespeare.
- Ahi
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I think there are so many good performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, that it is hard to argue that it is simply a few good performances that makes his work look good.
There were many other playwrites in the same era as Shakespeare, none of them are nearly as well remembered.
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Bill