tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post3670990060926730524..comments2024-03-21T22:19:26.920-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: Stylish, Emotional "Winter's Tale" Comes to Life at the Illinois Shakespeare FestivalJulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-4649836987521067212011-07-19T11:39:14.230-05:002011-07-19T11:39:14.230-05:00I did see it on TV, PBS, so it might have been BBC...I did see it on TV, PBS, so it might have been BBC. Er, LOL?Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-68004263379672860242011-07-18T21:08:12.320-05:002011-07-18T21:08:12.320-05:00Kathleen, I'm not sure, it's so long ago. ...Kathleen, I'm not sure, it's so long ago. (I'd been looking forward to it, and then found it disappointing and unmemorable. Also, I was on a lousy date.) I think it was more wood-toned -- a mock-Elizabethan stage sort of thing, as that was understood in 1967.<br /><br />Might the white one have been the BBC TV production? Some of those used unit sets.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-29754161977430099902011-07-18T15:55:26.274-05:002011-07-18T15:55:26.274-05:00Kathleen, do you remember how Time was handled in ...Kathleen, do you remember how Time was handled in this one? I confess I do not.JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-46319074148124913132011-07-18T15:42:33.763-05:002011-07-18T15:42:33.763-05:00I think I saw that unit set filmed version, if it ...I think I saw that unit set filmed version, if it was very white, JAC. Also, was in it twice, once at this same Illinois Shakespeare Festival!<br /><br />I found the statue scene and its sustained silences very moving in this production!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-21414185265157647422011-07-18T15:41:53.380-05:002011-07-18T15:41:53.380-05:00The only one I have left is Timon of Athens. Well,...The only one I have left is Timon of Athens. Well, and now that they're adding new ones, Two Noble Kinsmen.<br /><br />Chicago Shakes is doing Timon next season. Want to make a trip to Chicago to meet me to see it?JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-12091121478860153652011-07-18T13:47:58.601-05:002011-07-18T13:47:58.601-05:00That's a REALLY good summary of the play and i...That's a REALLY good summary of the play and its effect, Julie. <br /><br />What with having seen Measure for Measure (admittedly a personal fave) onstage 3 times and Troilus twice, you'd think I could have bumped into a theater playing Winter's Tale at some point. But no. <br /><br />My only visual encounter was a British film that played on campus during my undergrad day, which I remember only as dimly lit and slow (filmed on a sort of unit set if I recall right, very like a budget stage production); the only recognizable names for me are Laurence Harvey (Leontes), Jane Asher (Perdita), and Jim Dale (Autolycus). The one from the BBC Complete series, which I never saw, is almost devoid of recognizable names -- just Robert Stephens (Polixenes), Jeremy Kemp (Leontes), Anna Calder-Marshall (Hermione), Margaret Tyzack (Paulina), and I wouldn't recognize any of them in a lineup.<br /><br />And then there's the animated version, with voices including Anton Lesser and Jenny Agutter, narrated by Roger Allam.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.com