O Brave New World...

I could live without another Hamlet for a while, but this may be the result of knowing too many privileged, tortured dauphins who can't make up their minds.

Lear is in the top three of my favorite plays. The others being Uncle Vanya and YOu Can't Take It With You.

The film versions of Shakespeare I've seen are limited. I liked Zeffirelli's R and J. For that matter, I liked Baz Luhrman's version with Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Mostly because Pete Postlewaite's Friar Lawrence was so damn creepy. I fell asleep watching Branagh's "Much Ado About Nothing."

I saw Orson Welles's Macbeth long ago, and would like to see it again. But first I need to see Ran, Kurosawa's take on Lear. I'm way behind cinematically, I must say.

I never saw Cutting Ball when I lived in the Bay Area. I think they were just getting started before I moved back home.