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<title><![CDATA[My Promise, thine own self be true]]></title>
<link>http://midorivision.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/my-promise-thine-own-self-be-true/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>midorivision</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8220;This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.&#8221; &#8211; William Shakespeare</p>
<p>My boyfriend promise I make to you&#8230;</p>
<p>*I will be faithful, I shall not cheat  the relationship we have built</p>
<p>*I shall love you moderately and passionately depending on time and place and situation</p>
<p>*I will never hit you, my hands are meant for embracing and care</p>
<p>*I shall forgive you when we fight, but time is timeless and it shall tell when to be forgiven</p>
<p>*I will massage you when you&#8217;ve worked so hard, my hands can relax you</p>
<p>*I will do my best to please you, to make you happy</p>
<p>*I will give you the benefit of the doubt, once trust and respect has been earned</p>
<p>*I will always encourage your reachable dreams and goals</p>
<p>*I will try and make you a better man each and every day with the small things I do</p>
<p>*I will love you, my heart will be true</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[¿A un día de verano compararte?]]></title>
<link>http://loqasto.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/shakespeare-soneto-xviii/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>loqasto</dc:creator>
<guid>http://loqasto.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/shakespeare-soneto-xviii/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[- Soneto XVIII . ¿A un día de verano compararte? Más hermosura y suavidad posees. Tiembla el brote d]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><strong>Soneto XVIII</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><span style="color:#fb0018;"><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:xx-large;">¿A</span></span> un día de verano compararte?<br />
Más hermosura y suavidad posees.<br />
Tiembla el brote de mayo bajo el viento<br />
y el estío no dura casi nada.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">A veces demasiado brilla el ojo solar<br />
y otras su tez de oro se apaga;<br />
toda belleza alguna vez declina,<br />
ajada por la suerte o por el tiempo.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">Pero eterno será el verano tuyo.<br />
No perderás la gracia, ni la Muerte<br />
se jactará de ensombrecer tus pasos</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">cuando crezcas en versos inmortales.<br />
Vivirás mientras alguien vea y sienta<br />
y esto pueda vivir y te dé vida.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><strong>Sonnet XVIII</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;"><span style="color:#fb0018;"><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:xx-large;">S</span></span>hall I compare thee to a summer&#8217;s day?<br />
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:<br />
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,<br />
And summer&#8217;s lease hath all too short a date:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,<br />
And often is his gold complexion dimm&#8217;d;<br />
And every fair from fair sometime declines,<br />
By chance or nature&#8217;s changing course untrimm&#8217;d;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />
But thy eternal summer shall not fade<br />
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;<br />
Nor shall Death brag thou wander&#8217;st in his shade,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:<br />
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,<br />
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:medium;"><strong>William Shakespeare</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:medium;"><strong>Soneto XVIII</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:medium;"><strong>Versión de Manuel Mújica</strong></span></p>
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<link>http://kmilabk.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/124/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kmilabk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kmilabk.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/124/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Recebi do meu amigo Mauro, e pelo que eu entendi, é pra postar no meu blog também. Mas não vou pedir]]></description>
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<div>Recebi do meu amigo <a href="http://koisasecoisas.blogspot.com/">Mauro</a>, e pelo que eu entendi, é pra postar no meu blog também. Mas não vou pedir pra ninguém postar, a não ser que queira também =)</div>
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<div>Perguntei a um sábio,</div>
<div>a diferença que havia</div>
<div>entre amor e amizade,</div>
<div>ele me disse essa verdade&#8230;</div>
<div>O Amor é mais sensível,</div>
<div>a Amizade mais segura.</div>
<div>O Amor nos dá asas,</div>
<div>a Amizade o chão.</div>
<div>No Amor há mais carinho,</div>
<div>na Amizade compreensão.</div>
<div>O Amor é plantado</div>
<div>e com carinho cultivado,</div>
<div>a Amizade vem faceira,</div>
<div>e com troca de alegria e tristeza,</div>
<div>torna-se uma grande e querida</div>
<div>companheira.</div>
<div>Mas quando o Amor é sincero</div>
<div>ele vem com um grande amigo,</div>
<div>e quando a Amizade é concreta,</div>
<div>ela é cheia de amor e carinho.</div>
<div>Quando se tem um amigo</div>
<div>ou uma grande paixão,</div>
<div>ambos sentimentos coexistem</div>
<div>dentro do seu coração.</div>
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<div><strong>William Shakespeare</strong></div>
<div>Fonte: <a href="http://www.pensador.info/tag/amigo/">Pensador</a></div>
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<title><![CDATA[El soliloquio de Hamlet]]></title>
<link>http://lifevestunderyourseat.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/el-soliloquio-de-hamlet/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rocío</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lifevestunderyourseat.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/el-soliloquio-de-hamlet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[¡Ser, o no ser, es la cuestión!  -¿Qué debe más dignamente optar el alma noble entre sufrir de la fo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>¡Ser, o no ser, es la cuestión!  -¿Qué debe<br />
más dignamente optar el alma noble<br />
entre sufrir de la fortuna impía<br />
el porfiador rigor, o rebelarse<br />
contra un mar  de desdichas, y afrontándolo<br />
desaparecer con ellas?</p>
<p>Morir, dormir, no despertar más nunca,<br />
poder decir todo acabó; en un sueño<br />
sepultar para siempre los dolores<br />
del corazón, los mil y mil quebrantos<br />
que heredó nuestra carne, ¡quién no ansiara<br />
concluir así!</p>
<p>¡Morir&#8230; quedar dormidos&#8230;<br />
Dormir&#8230; tal vez soñar!   -¡Ay! allí hay algo<br />
que detiene al mejor. Cuando del mundo<br />
no percibamos ni un rumor, ¡qué sueños<br />
vendrán en ese sueño de la muerte!<br />
Eso es, eso es lo que hace el infortunio<br />
planta de larga vida. ¿Quién querría<br />
sufrir del tiempo el implacable azote,<br />
del fuerte la injusticia, del soberbio<br />
el áspero desdén, las amarguras<br />
del amor despreciado, las demoras<br />
de la ley, del empleado la insolencia,<br />
la hostilidad que los mezquinos juran<br />
al mérito pacífico, pudiendo<br />
de tanto mal librarse él mismo, alzando<br />
una punta de acero? ¿quién querría<br />
seguir cargando en la cansada vida<br />
su fardo abrumador?&#8230;</p>
<p>Pero hay espanto<br />
¡allá del otro lado de la tumba!<br />
La muerte, aquel país que todavía<br />
está por descubrirse,<br />
país de cuya lóbrega frontera<br />
ningún viajero regresó, perturba<br />
la voluntad, y a todos nos decide<br />
a soportar los males que sabemos<br />
más bien que ir a buscar lo que ignoramos.<br />
Así, ¡oh conciencia!, de nosotros todos<br />
haces unos cobardes, y la ardiente<br />
resolución original decae<br />
al pálido mirar del pensamiento.<br />
Así también enérgicas empresas,<br />
de trascendencia inmensa, a esa mirada<br />
torcieron rumbo, y sin acción murieron.</p>
<p><em>William Shakespeare</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Story Quote # 11]]></title>
<link>http://jerriehurd.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/story-quote-11/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jerrie hurd</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jerriehurd.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/story-quote-11/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This story shall the good man teach his son . . . But we in it shall be remember&#8217;d; We few, we]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/469690-literary-analysis-henry-v-by-william-shakespeare">This </a></em><strong><em><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/469690-literary-analysis-henry-v-by-william-shakespeare">story</a></em></strong><em><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/469690-literary-analysis-henry-v-by-william-shakespeare"> shall the good man teach his son</a></em><em> . . . <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/OAvmLDkAgAM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/OAvmLDkAgAM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></em></p>
<p><em>But we in it shall be remember&#8217;d;</em></p>
<p><em>We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;</em></p>
<p><em>For he to-day that sheds his blood with me</em></p>
<p><em>Shall be my brother; be he ne&#8217;er so vile,</em></p>
<p><em>This day shall gentle his condition:</em></p>
<p><em>And gentlemen in England now a-bed</em></p>
<p><em>Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,</em></p>
<p><em>And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks</em></p>
<p><em>That fought with us upon Saint Crispin&#8217;s day.</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://poetry.about.com/od/ourpoemcollections/a/poemsofwar.htm">Henry V, Act IV, Scene 3</a></em></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a><span style="font-weight:normal;"> knew that if you want to motivate, you inspire with a story, a new one suggesting the way things will be . . .</span></strong></p>
<p>King Henry stands before his ragtag army. They are vastly outnumbered. Every man knows and fears that, but they also have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbow">long bows</a>. Their bows can give them advantage over the horse mounted French, if they stand. Henry must make them stand and fight. How does he do that? By telling them a new story&#8211;the one that will be told of their victory. The story that will be repeated every <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Crispin's_Day">St. Crispin&#8217;s Day</a> from this time forward.</p>
<p>Do stories matter? Ask Shakespeare.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[a testimoniar esto llamo a los títeres del tiempo]]></title>
<link>http://loqasto.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/shakespeare-soneto-124/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>loqasto</dc:creator>
<guid>http://loqasto.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/shakespeare-soneto-124/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[- CXXIV - Si mi querido amor fuera sólo el hijo de las circunstancias, como bastardo de la Fortuna c]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><strong>CXXIV</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;"> -</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><span style="color:#fb0018;"><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:xx-large;">S</span></span>i mi querido amor fuera sólo el hijo de las circunstancias,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">como bastardo de la Fortuna carecería de padre,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">sujeto al amor del Tiempo o al odio del Tiempo,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">hierbas entre hierbas, o flores con flores agrupadas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">No, fue construido lejos de lo accidental;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">no sufre en sonriente pompa, ni cae</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">bajo el soplo del descontento mezquino,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">a los cuales el invitante tiempo llama a nuestra moda:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">No teme a la intriga, esa hereje,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">que trabaja por espacio de breves horas contadas,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">sino que dura todo lo inmensamente político,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">que no crece con el calor ni se ahoga con las lluvias.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">A testimoniar esto llamo a los títeres del tiempo,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;">que mueren por la bondad, que han vivido para el crimen.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:large;"><strong>CXXIV</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;"> -</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:xx-large;"><span style="color:#fb0018;">I</span></span>f my dear love were but the child of state,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">It might for Fortune&#8217;s bastard be unfather&#8217;d&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">As subject to Time&#8217;s love or to Time&#8217;s hate,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">Weeds among weeds, or flowers with flowers gather&#8217;d.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">No, it was builded far from accident;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">It suffers not in smiling pomp, nor falls</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">Under the blow of thralled discontent,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">Whereto the inviting time our fashion calls:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">It fears not policy, that heretic,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">Which works on leases of short-number&#8217;d hours,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">But all alone stands hugely politic,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">That it nor grows with heat nor drowns with showers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">To this I witness call the fools of time,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:AmericanTypewriter-Light;font-size:large;">Which die for goodness, who have lived for crime.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />
<span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:medium;"><strong>Wiliam Shakespeare</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:medium;"><strong>Soneto CXXIV</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:medium;"><strong>De <em>Obras completas, II,Aguilar, 2003</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family:'American Typewriter';font-size:medium;"><strong><em>Traducción de Luis Astrana Marín</em></strong></span><br />
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<title><![CDATA[La Torre de Londres (1962)]]></title>
<link>http://elrinconoscuroblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/la-torre-de-londres/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ElenaAnele</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elrinconoscuroblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/la-torre-de-londres/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[AÑO: 1962 TITULO ORIGINAL: Tower of London. DIRECCIÓN: Roger Corman. PRODUCCIÓN: Gene Corman. INTERP]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spruch der Woche: Augen]]></title>
<link>http://valentiner.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/spruch-der-woche-augen/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>valentiner</dc:creator>
<guid>http://valentiner.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/spruch-der-woche-augen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Die Augen sind der Liebe Tür. William Shakespeare]]></description>
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<p>William Shakespeare</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ENGLISH LITERATURE - Week 6: Notes on MacBeth]]></title>
<link>http://charlotteevanswriting.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/english-literature-week-6-notes-on-macbeth/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Charlotte Evans</dc:creator>
<guid>http://charlotteevanswriting.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/english-literature-week-6-notes-on-macbeth/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Power and authority are themes at the center of Macbeth. It is a political play that raises question]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Power and authority are themes at the center of <em>Macbeth</em>. It is a political play that raises questions about rights and responsibilities, the need for order and the circumstances under which disorder and rebellion are acceptable, if ever. It also, in a particularly interesting way, questions the nature of kingship and power.</p>
<p>Shakespeare explores the conflict of power when Macbeth, apparently loyal to his king, is told that he will become king himself. Macbeth&#8217;s reaction to this news, and his wife&#8217;s reaction, perhaps to an even greater extent, emphasize the extent to which power can entice people to act selfishly, cruelly, and deceitfully.</p>
<p>When Macbeth murders Duncan, inspired to do so by his wife, he commits one of the most grievous acts of betrayal according to the philosophies of Shakespeare&#8217;s day. He not only murders his king, but he murders a man who is both his friend and his kinsman (Macbeth is related to Duncan). The Porter&#8217;s quip about the coldness of hell is no mistake; the ninth circle of hell, which was believed to be cold (not your usual fire and brimstone) was reserved for those who betrayed family members.</p>
<p>In many respects, Macbeth is timeless. It stands as a succinct and poignant declaration that the seizure and abuse of power are against  God&#8217;s law and man&#8217;s; that legitimacy is generally determined by a combination of qualities and cannot simply be established on the basis of one element, such as descent. There should also be some consideration as to the character and qualifications of the individual.</p>
<p>As a political play, however, Macbeth also maintains a particular focus on 16th century problems. James I of England (James VI of Scotland) no doubt appreciated this particular drama because (1) it is set in and about Scotland, (2) it emphasizes the evils of regicide , (3) it features witchcraft (an interest of James&#8217;), and (4) it shows in a positive light the relatively peaceful transfer of the English throne from Elizabeth I to James.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[L'Amleto di Roberto Bacci]]></title>
<link>http://annamariapompili.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/lamleto-di-roberto-bacci/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Quante volte le abbiamo sentite pronunciare le parole di Amleto? Quante volte fuori dal teatro, nell]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Quante volte le abbiamo sentite pronunciare le parole di Amleto? Quante volte fuori dal teatro, nella vita ci si è ritrovati a ragionare su quelle medesime parole, tentando di discioglierne il dubbio ripetendole con timide labbra? Interpretare, reinterpretare Shakespeare sembra un lavoro senza fine e ogni volta ognuno tenta di portare il proprio personale apporto al discioglimento degli enigmi nascosti nei suoi drammi.</p>
<p>Roberto Bacci ci prova mettendo in piedi un coro di spadaccini, nascosti dietro anonime maschere, che sfidando Amleto a recitare di nuovo la sua tragedia in uno spazio e in un tempo indefinito, lo costringono a ripetere le sue parole scritte da più di quattrocento anni, come in una pena infernale che si ripete fino alla fine dei tempi.</p>
<p>Il teatro ci ha spesso fatto dono di Amleti ogni volta differenti, timidi, remissivi, aggressivi o ribelli, così, fino alla fatidica domanda, il pubblico trattiene il respiro, in attesa di svelare il nuovo Amleto che ha innanzi agli occhi, e accompagnando con voce sussurrata i versi della rivelazione assieme a lui, nel silenzio dell’ombra in sala.</p>
<p>Gli spadaccini di Bacci combattono in modo egregio, saltano sulla scenografia e ne scendono con balzi acrobatici, spostano gli oggetti come fossero prolungamenti dei loro corpi, scambiandosi i ruoli. Sopra il palco ascoltiamo Ofelie spezzate, Re subdoli e Regine senza forza mentre Amleto, nel suo vestito nero è oppresso dai suoi fantasmi e solo.</p>
<p>Mentre volano gonne bianche, teschi e scintillii di spade, Amleto viene messo alle strette, circondato da una sorta di tribunale inquisitorio dove ogni verso del testo originale viene riletto come una costrizione alla sua confessione di colpevolezza. Tazio Torrini fa la sua parte di Amleto disorientato, oppresso dalla vendetta che non sa esattamente portare a termine, così non sa nemmeno rispondere alle accuse che gli vengono fatte. È un principe, quello di Torrini, che non sa agire con sicurezza, così la follia recitata si mescola alla sua realtà e nei passi tremanti, nei gesti disperati non ne distinguiamo più il confine.</p>
<p>Bacci ha il merito di averci coraggiosamente riproposto un classico della drammaturgia occidentale, e di averlo fatto con sincera devozione, offrendoci in più un godimento estetico per gli occhi grazie all’abilità dei suoi attori-acrobati. Quello che ci propone è un Amleto novecentesco, con le fragilità e i dubbi dell’era che ci lasciamo alle spalle.</p>
<p>Pubblicato su <a title="Teatroteatro.it" href="http://www.teatroteatro.it/recensioni_dettaglio.aspx?uart=2496">Teatroteatro.it</a> il 28 novembre 2009.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dragă Ivan, mai fură odată timpul. Premiera “Ivan Turbincă” TNB aseară.]]></title>
<link>http://razvanzlavog.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/draga-ivan-mai-fura-odata-timpul-premiera-%e2%80%9civan-turbinca%e2%80%9d-tnb-aseara/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rǎzvan Zlǎvog</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tentaţia să scrii despre subiectul propus de spectacol e foarte mare. Ion Creangă, Ivan Turbincă, at]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When life-- or the S.F. City Attorney-- hands you lemons...]]></title>
<link>http://roughlydaily.com/2009/11/28/when-life-or-the-s-f-city-attorney-hands-you-lemons/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[SFoodie is among the throng regretting SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera&#8217;s successful effort to ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/" target="_blank"><strong>SFoodie</strong></a> is among the throng regretting SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera&#8217;s successful effort to pressure Coors into removing essentially all of the active ingredients (caffeine, taurine, guarana, and ginseng) from their energy drink Sparks.</p>
<p>When Herrera, emboldened by success, enlisted other government lawyers to pursue purveyors of energy drinks both with and without alcohol, SFoodie responded as Americans traditionally have to Prohibitions past&#8211; he retreated to his bath-tub, and brewed up a batch of home-made Sparks:</p>
<blockquote><p>The [resulting] drink was reverse-engineered from a vintage can of caffeinated Sparks and rigorously tested via blind taste-test by SFoodie and four people who agreed to come over to the author&#8217;s house and drink this stuff, plus two random guys on the street who should be applauded for their daring and general zest for life.</p>
<p>The results? It&#8217;s virtually impossible to tell the difference between Bathtub Sparks (or Not Sparks, or Moonshine Sparks) and real Sparks. Between tastings, palates were cleansed with beer.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Calling Mr. Wizard..." src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4134029343_9f7ebc9d80_o.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /><a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2009/11/the_sparks-speriment_how_to_ma.php" target="_blank">A side-by-side comparison. The one that looks more like urine is the actual Sparks.</a></p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Actual testimony:</em></strong></p>
<p>&#8220;God, that&#8217;s so f**king gross.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This is actually hurting my stomach.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m buzzed, I&#8217;ve got so much caffeine in my body.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This is the best day of my life.&#8221;</p>
<p>In other words, it tasted just like Sparks.</p>
<p><strong><em>Bathtub Sparks</em></strong></p>
<p>2 pieces Pez candy, one yellow, one pink<br />
1 can King Cobra<br />
1 can Red Bull</p>
<p>Crush the Pez until reduced to a fine powder. Transfer the powder to the bottom of an empty glass. Pour in equal parts King Cobra and Red Bull. Don&#8217;t be alarmed when the foaming begins; it will subside. Adjust for flavor.</p></blockquote>
<p>More at <a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/2009/11/the_sparks-speriment_how_to_ma.php" target="_blank"><strong>SFoodie</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>As we reach for the rush</strong>, we might raise it in a toast, as it was on this date in 1582 that the Pantheonic William Shakespeare, then 18, posted a £40 bond in Stratford-Upon-Avon for his license to marry Anne Hathaway (then 26)&#8230; Their first chid, Susanna, came quickly (six months later:  What, Egg!  Young fry of treachery! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> , followed in two years by twins.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Anne" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4134791520_4c91ef3c1d_o.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="246" /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/players/player23.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Shakespeare</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sonett 48, av William Shakespeare - How careful was I when I took my way]]></title>
<link>http://heltgreipoesi.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/sonett-48-av-william-shakespeare/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Etter å ha lekt seg litt i de foregående sonettene er Shakespeare i nummer 48 tilbake i tungt alvor.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[November 28 in history]]></title>
<link>http://homepaddock.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/november-28-in-history/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On November 28: 1520 Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached]]></description>
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<p>1520 Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer <a title="Ferdinand Magellan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a> reached the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.</p>
<p>1582 <a title="William Shakespeare" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hathaway_(Shakespeare%27s_wife)" target="_blank">Anne Hathaway </a>paid a £40 bond for their marriage licence.</p>
<p>1628  <a title="John Bunyan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bunyan">John Bunyan</a>, English cleric and author. was born.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Bunyan.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/John_Bunyan.jpg/200px-John_Bunyan.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="208" /></a></p>
<p>1632 <a title="Jean-Baptiste Lully" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lully">Jean-Baptiste Lully</a>, French composer, was born.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Baptiste_Lully_1.jpeg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Jean-Baptiste_Lully_1.jpeg/220px-Jean-Baptiste_Lully_1.jpeg" alt="" width="220" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>1660 12 men, including <a title="Christopher Wren" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wren">Christopher Wren</a>, <a title="Robert Boyle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle">Robert Boyle</a>, <a title="John Wilkins" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins">John Wilkins</a>, and Sir <a title="Robert Moray" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moray">Robert Moray</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham_College" target="_blank">Gresham College </a>decided to found what became the <a title="Royal Society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society">Royal Society</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RoyalSocMace20040420CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/RoyalSocMace20040420CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg/200px-RoyalSocMace20040420CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="65" /></a> <a title="Ceremonial mace" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_mace"><em>Mace</em></a><em> of the Royal Society, granted by </em><a title="Charles II of England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England"><em>King Charles II</em></a><em>.</em></p>
<p><em>1757 – <a title="William Blake" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake">William Blake</a>, British poet, was born.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg/200px-William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>1814  <em><a title="The Times" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times">The Times</a></em> in <a title="London" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London">London</a> was for the first time printed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power" target="_blank">automatic, steam powered  </a> presses built by the German inventors <a title="Friedrich Koenig" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Koenig">Friedrich Koenig</a> and <a title="Andreas Friedrich Bauer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Friedrich_Bauer">Andreas Friedrich Bauer</a>, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.</p>
<p>1820 <a title="Friedrich Engels" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels">Friedrich Engels</a>, German philosopher, was born.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Engelss56fe1.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Engelss56fe1.jpg/200px-Engelss56fe1.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="246" /></a></p>
<p>1821<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama" target="_blank"> Panama </a>separated from <a title="Spain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain">Spain</a> and joined <a title="Gran Colombia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Colombia">Gran Colombia</a>.</p>
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<td align="center"><a title="Coat of arms" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Gran_Colombia.png"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Coat_of_arms_of_Gran_Colombia.png/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gran_Colombia.png" alt="Coat of arms" width="85" height="102" /></a></p>
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<p>1829  <a title="Anton Rubinstein" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Rubinstein">Anton Rubinstein</a>, Russian composer, was born.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubinstein_repin.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Rubinstein_repin.jpg/180px-Rubinstein_repin.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="243" /></a></p>
<p>1843 The <a title="Kingdom of Hawaii" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hawaii">Kingdom of Hawaii</a> was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.</p>
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<p>1893 <a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/28/11" target="_blank">Women voted in a general election </a>New Zealand for the first time.</p>
<p>1904  <a title="Nancy Mitford" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mitford">Nancy Mitford</a>, British essayist, was born.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy_Mitford.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Nancy_Mitford.jpg" alt="" width="189" height="293" /></a></p>
<p>1905  Irish nationalist <a title="Arthur Griffith" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Griffith">Arthur Griffith</a> founded <a title="History of Sinn Féin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sinn_F%C3%A9in">Sinn Féin</a> as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in <a title="Ireland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland">Ireland</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Griffith_(1871-1922).jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Arthur_Griffith_%281871-1922%29.jpg" alt="" width="119" height="149" /></a></p>
<p>1912  <a title="Albania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania">Albania</a> declared its independence from the <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>.</p>
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<td align="center"><a title="Coat of arms of Albania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albania_state_emblem.svg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Albania_state_emblem.svg/85px-Albania_state_emblem.svg.png" alt="" width="85" height="128" /></a></td>
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<p>1919  <a title="Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor">Lady Astor</a> was elected as a Member of the <a title="Parliament of the United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>. She was the first woman to sit in the <a title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom">House of Commons</a>.  (<a title="Constance Markiewicz" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Markiewicz">Countess Markiewicz</a>, the first to be elected, refused to sit).</p>
<p><a title="Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ladyastor.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Ladyastor.jpg/225px-Ladyastor.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>1933  <a title="Hope Lange" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Lange">Hope Lange</a>, American actress, was born.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hope_Lange_in_Death_Wish.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Hope_Lange_in_Death_Wish.jpg/200px-Hope_Lange_in_Death_Wish.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="179" /></a></p>
<p>1948  <a title="Beeb Birtles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeb_Birtles">Beeb Birtles</a>, Dutch-Australian musician/singer-songwriter; co-founding member of <a title="Little River Band" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_River_Band">Little River Band</a>, was born.</p>
<p>1960  <a title="Mauritania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania">Mauritania</a> became independent of <a title="France" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</a>.</p>
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<td align="center"><a title="Coat of arms of Mauritania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MauritaniaSeal.png"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/MauritaniaSeal.png/85px-MauritaniaSeal.png" alt="" width="85" height="85" /></a></td>
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<p>1961 <a title="Martin Clunes" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Clunes">Martin Clunes</a>, British actor, was born.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MartinClunes.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/MartinClunes.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="187" /></a></p>
<p>1962  <a title="Matt Cameron" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cameron">Matt Cameron</a>, American drummer (<a title="Soundgarden" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden">Soundgarden</a>, <a title="Pearl Jam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam">Pearl Jam</a>, was born.</p>
<p><a title="Matt Cameron drumming with Pearl Jam in Bologna, Italy on September 14, 2006" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Matt_Cameron_Pearl_Jam.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Matt_Cameron_Pearl_Jam.jpg/220px-Matt_Cameron_Pearl_Jam.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="174" /></a></p>
<p>1964 <a title="NASA" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA">NASA</a> launched the <a title="Mariner 4" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4">Mariner 4</a> probe toward Mars.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mariner_3_and_4.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Mariner_3_and_4.jpg/200px-Mariner_3_and_4.jpg" alt="Mariner 3 and 4.jpg" width="200" height="119" /></a></p>
<p>1975 <a title="East Timor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor">East Timor</a> declared its independence from <a title="Portugal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal">Portugal</a>.</p>
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<td align="center"><a title="Coat of arms of East Timor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_East_Timor.svg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coat_of_arms_of_East_Timor.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_East_Timor.svg.png" alt="" width="85" height="84" /></a></td>
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<p>1977 <a title="Greg Somerville" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Somerville">Greg Somerville</a>, New Zealand rugby union footballer, was born.</p>
<p>1979  <a title="Air New Zealand Flight 901" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901">Air New Zealand Flight TE901</a>, a DC-10 operated sightseeing flight over <a title="Antarctica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, crashed into <a title="Mount Erebus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus">Mount Erebus</a>, killing all 257 people on board.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tail_of_Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Tail_of_Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901.jpg/260px-Tail_of_Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901.jpg" alt="" width="260" height="173" /></a></p>
<p>1987 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_flight_295" target="_blank">South African Airways flight 295 </a>crashes into the <a title="Indian Ocean" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, killing all 159 people on-board.</p>
<p>1991  <a title="South Ossetia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia">South Ossetia</a> declared independence from <a title="Georgia (country)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)">Georgia</a>.</p>
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<td align="center"><a title="Coat of arms of South Ossetia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_South_Ossetia.svg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Ossetia.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" alt="" width="85" height="85" /></a></td>
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<p>2008 An <a href="http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/28/11" target="_blank">Air NZ Airbus A320 </a>crashed off the coast of France.</p>
<p><em>Sourced from NZ History Online &#38; Wikipedia.</em></p>
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<link>http://reiterations.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/thankfulness/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[O Lord, that lends me life/Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!/For thou hast given me, in thi]]></description>
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<p>From: <em>King Henry VI, Part II, Act 1, Scene 1</em> by William Shakespeare.  (King Henry is thanking God for the appearance of Queen Margaret.)</p>
<p>William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is the greatest master of the English language the world has yet seen.  He was born the year John Calvin died, and died on the same day as Miguel Cervantes, the author of the novel <em>Don Quixote</em>.</p>
<p>(Hat Tip: www.terryteachout.com)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Otelo de William Shakespeare]]></title>
<link>http://anapereira.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/otelo-de-william-shakespeare/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[o encenador Kuniaki Ida António Capelo, João Paulo Costa, Rita Lello, António Júlio, Ângela Marques,]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo101.jpg"></a><a href="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo80.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1379" title="AP-Otelo80" src="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo80.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="747" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo109.jpg"></a><a href="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo18.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1381" title="AP-Otelo18" src="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo18.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="747" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo18.jpg"></a><a href="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo03.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382" title="AP-Otelo03" src="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-otelo03.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-kuniaki-ida00.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1377" title="AP-kuniaki ida00" src="http://anapereira.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ap-kuniaki-ida00.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="335" /></a>o encenador Kuniaki Ida</p>
<p>António Capelo, João Paulo Costa, Rita Lello, António Júlio, Ângela Marques, Rute Miranda, João Melo, &#8230;</p>
<p>estreia dia 28 Novembro</p>
<p><a href="http://teatrodobolhao.blogspot.com/">teatro do bolhão</a></p>
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<link>http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/carnivorous-tudors-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>clarionfriends</dc:creator>
<guid>http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/carnivorous-tudors-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Tudors were a family not disinclined to eat their own if threatened which made them both enterta]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00001.jpg"></a><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000011.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1006" title="00001" src="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000011.jpg?w=112" alt="" width="112" height="150" /></a>The Tudors were a family not disinclined to eat their own if threatened which made them both entertaining and engaging.  The current royals pale in comparison, perhaps because of all the German dilution.  Sadly we can only stand back and watch as the English pride in their royals wains.  Because of the dreary state of English affairs, Hilary Mantel&#8217;s <strong>Wolf Hall</strong> is a welcomed read.</p>
<p><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00006-copy1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1007" title="00006 copy" src="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00006-copy1.jpg?w=142" alt="" width="142" height="150" /></a>Our hero in the novel is not <strong>Henry VIII</strong> or <strong>Anne Boleyn</strong> although she<a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00006.jpg"></a><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00006-copy.jpg"></a> comes in a strong second, it is the down and dirty street fighter <strong>Thomas Cromwell</strong> who makes himself the consummate royal councilor.  Cromwell eventually learns how to take the sludge and emesis, the animal and human waste of the Thames and make a very saleable wine of it.  His trick of survival was to never drink more than a ceremonial sip while others indulged themselves.</p>
<p><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00003.jpg"></a><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000031.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1008" title="00003" src="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000031.jpg?w=119" alt="" width="119" height="150" /></a>If in the past you have stumbled over the large cast of Tudor characters, the author has come to your aid by providing lists of characters and the family shrubbery of the Tudors.  Even so it is a hopeless task to try to understand how the English run a government.  Based on how they function at home it must have taken divine intervention for them to clutch their first colony let alone something approaching an empire.</p>
<p><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000041.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1009" title="00004" src="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000041.jpg?w=102" alt="" width="102" height="150" /></a><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000021.jpg">  </a>This leads to my theory on the nurturing of <strong>Shakespeare</strong>, yet another reason to enjoy reading about Thomas Cromwell and associates.  It was the fractious, bloody, in-your-face people with a language held together by thievery and the unwashed of street and tavern that brewed the right amount of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and hormones to give William Shakespeare the superior edge on stage.<a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00004.jpg"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00005a-copy.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1011" title="00005a copy" src="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/00005a-copy.jpg?w=136" alt="" width="136" height="150" /></a><a href="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000022.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1012" title="00002" src="http://clarionfriends.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/000022.jpg?w=147" alt="" width="147" height="150" /></a>For the main characters of the novel there are Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII as you would expect.  Then there are the queens <strong>Thomas Wolsey, Katherine of Aragon</strong>, Anne Boleyn, and <strong>Thomas More</strong>.  It is any wonder that by the end of the book, two had a forced exit with more to follow.  Peace and tranquility require one and only one queen.  Charles Marlin and John Hink</p>
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<link>http://fidest.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sogno-di-una-notte-di-mezza-estate-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://fidest.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/sogno-di-una-notte-di-mezza-estate-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bologna 26 novembre alle ore 21 Teatro Dehon Via Libia, 59 la Compagnia Alfa Prosa di Torino, presen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;font-family:arial;font-size:15px;"><a href="http://fidest.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sogno.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-21533" title="SOGNO" src="http://fidest.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sogno.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="239" height="163" /></a>Bologna 26 novembre alle ore 21 Teatro Dehon Via Libia, 59 la Compagnia Alfa Prosa di Torino, presenta “Sogno di una notte di mezza estate” di William Shakespeare. Regia di Augusto Grilli. Nello spettacolo vengono usate tecniche miste di prosa e teatro di figura. Gli attori in carne ed ossa saranno affiancati dalle marionette che rappresenteranno i personaggi “magici” della commedia.<br />
Sogno di una notte di mezza estate (1597), è una commedia in cinque atti composta intorno al 1595. In uno scenario di fate e di sogni, le storie e i destini degli uomini si mescolano a quelle degli elfi e dei folletti e trasportano il lettore in un mondo sospeso tra l&#8217;assurdo, la realtà ed una nota comica sempre presente in questa commedia. La vicenda si svolge in una immaginaria Atene, durante i preparativi delle nozze del Duca Teseo con Ippolita, regina delle Amazzoni. Oberon, re delle fate, e Puck, il folletto al suo servizio, si divertono ad intrecciare nella foresta, con incantesimi, passioni tra due coppie di innamorati, Ermia e Lisandro ed Elena e Demetrio, coinvolgendo in questa confusione amorosa anche Titania, sposa di Oberon, e il rozzo tessitore Bottom. La trama di equivoci, litigi e confusioni amorose, si scoglie quando Oberon dissipa tutti gli incanti e gli innamorati, benedetti da Teseo, convolano a giuste nozze.  L’opera trova la sua originalità proprio nel carattere composito e nella sapienza con cui in essa sono fusi i tre mondi rappresentati: quello delle fate, degli uomini artigiani e della tradizione cortese. Prezzo: Intero: 15 Euro Ridotti: 10 Euro (sogno)</p>
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<link>http://marchaynes.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-heminge-and-condell-memorial-london/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://marchaynes.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-heminge-and-condell-memorial-london/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of the Shakespeare story &#8211; who was he? Why did the greatest playwright the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;m a big fan of the Shakespeare story &#8211; who was he? Why did the greatest playwright the world has ever known leave virtually nothing to prove he wrote the plays that bear his name? Why did he leave no books when he died? Where did he learn all the information &#8211; botanical, historical, international &#8211; that crops up in his plays? Could those plays have really been created by a small provincial insurance clerk who ran away to become an actor?</p>
<p>Whatever the true story is, one fact is unassailable: that the man known as Shakespeare didn&#8217;t actually write the plays that we have today. That&#8217;s not to say those words weren&#8217;t primarily his &#8211; but if he ever wrote those words down, nothing survives today. Instead, the plays we know today as &#8216;Shakespeare plays&#8217; are the work of two men who have been largely forgotten: the actors John Heminge and Henry Condell.</p>
<p>I say &#8216;largely forgotten&#8217;, but in the churchyard of St Mary Aldermanbury is a memorial dedicated to both of them &#8211; and it&#8217;s my favourite memorial in London.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://marchaynes.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/2006_04190005.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-581  aligncenter" title="2006_04190005" src="http://marchaynes.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/2006_04190005.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="666" /></a></p>
<p>While the bust of Shakespeare sits proudly on top of the memorial, the plaques on the main body are dedicated to Condell and Heminge. The text reads:</p>
<blockquote><p>To the memory of JOHN HEMINGE and HENRY CONDELL, fellow actors and personal friends of SHAKESPEARE. They lived many years in this parish and are buried here.</p>
<p>To their disinterested affection the world owes all that it calls SHAKESPEARE. They alone collected his dramatic writings, regardless of pecuniary loss and without the hope of any profit, gave them to the world.</p>
<p>THEY THUS MERITED THE GRATITUDE OF MANKIND.</p></blockquote>
<p>The two were Shakespeare&#8217;s co-partners at the Globe theatre in Southwark, and on his death in 1616, &#8220;from the accumulated [plays] there of thirty five years, with great labour selected them. No men then living were so competent having acted with him in them for many years, and well knowing his manuscript, they were published in 1623 in Folio, thus giving away their private rights therein. What they did was priceless, for the whole of his manuscripts with almost all those of the dramas of the period have perished.&#8221;</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no question of an authorship controversy here &#8211; why the two men would have freely given away a whole raft of plays they could have claimed as their own (many plays of the time being written by partnerships rather than single named writers) is a noble refutation to the idea Shakespeare was not the sole author.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s incredible that if it wasn&#8217;t for them, the works of Shakespeare could have been lost to the world forever. Heminge and Condell were the fine thread between us having the work of the world&#8217;s greatest writer and it being lost entirely.</p>
<p>How different the world would be if they hadn&#8217;t sat down one day, with a pile of dusty papers and half-remembered passages they&#8217;d performed a decade before, and thought, &#8220;Well, maybe we should try and get the lot of them written down for posterity.&#8221;</p>
<p>It starts to make me think of all the great work that&#8217;s been lost forever simply because there was no Heminge or Condell around to save it. Everytime someone performs a Shakespeare play, there should be a round of applause at the start for the men who ensured that those words survived.</p>
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<link>http://thomasvickers.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/2124/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasvickers</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasvickers.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/2124/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[HELLO GENTLE READERS, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones, eat your heart out. Ye]]></description>
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<link>http://totallylookslike.com/2009/11/23/this-dried-toothpaste-totally-looks-like-william-shakespeare/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cheezburger Network</dc:creator>
<guid>http://totallylookslike.com/2009/11/23/this-dried-toothpaste-totally-looks-like-william-shakespeare/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This dried toothpaste Totally Looks Like William Shakespeare » Think you can do better? Make your ow]]></description>
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<p>This dried toothpaste Totally Looks Like William Shakespeare</p>
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<title><![CDATA[New Moon. Robert Pattinson e Kristen Stewart: cronaca di un successo annunciato. O cronaca di un amore?]]></title>
<link>http://allucineazioni.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/new-moon-robert-pattinson-e-kristen-stewart-cronaca-di-un-successo-annunciato-o-cronaca-di-un-amore/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>allucineazioni</dc:creator>
<guid>http://allucineazioni.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/new-moon-robert-pattinson-e-kristen-stewart-cronaca-di-un-successo-annunciato-o-cronaca-di-un-amore/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[È uno di quei successi annunciati, New Moon, uno di quei film da record di incassi prima ancora che ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://allucineazioni.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/new-moon-11.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-875" title="OUT21567621" src="http://allucineazioni.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/new-moon-11.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></a>È uno di quei successi annunciati, <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong>, uno di quei film da record di incassi prima ancora che siano usciti. È così ogni volta che intorno a un’opera si crea un alone che lo rende qualcosa di più di un semplice film. Così è il caso di soffermarsi sulle ragioni di un successo annunciato.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La prima è quella che in termini commerciali si definirebbe “fidelizzazione”. Tra la saga di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong> e il suo pubblico si è creato un legame solido e inscindibile che nasce già dai libri. Come <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Harry Potter</span></strong>,  quella di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong> è una saga, una serie di libri, che racconta una storia che non si esaurisce, ma prosegue attraverso i vari volumi. I lettori così si sposteranno da un libro all’altro, in modo che ogni libro verrà letto probabilmente più di quello precedente. Come per la saga del maghetto, i libri di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Stephanie Meyer</span></strong> creano un mondo, che i lettori vogliono continuare a vivere andando al cinema, per vedere come prenderà forma sullo schermo quello che fino a quel momento era vissuto nella propria immaginazione. Così probabilmente i lettori del libro saranno i più appassionati spettatori del film. E a loro se ne aggiungeranno altri. Rispetto ai titoli della saga di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Harry Potter</span></strong>, quella di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong> potrebbe essere svantaggiata dal fatto che i libri non hanno un nome come comune denominatore (i titoli non iniziano ad esempio con <span style="color:#00ffff;"><strong>Harry Potter e</strong>…</span>), ma dei titoli diversi. <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Eclipse</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Breaking Dawn</span></strong> (e ne arriverà prima o poi un quinto). Così al cinema i titoli sono stati raccolti sotto il nome <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">The Twilight Saga</span></strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ma perché una saga abbia successo devono esserci dei contenuti. In questo senso la chiave vincente è stata travestire da horror quello che in fondo è un perfetto romanzo sentimentale. Non a caso in <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong> assistiamo a una serie di battute sul cinema, con Bella che dice di detestare i film romantici, e vorrebbe andare a vedere film d’azione, quasi che il regista volesse prendersi un po’ in giro. Perché <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong>, come <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong>, di horror ha ben poco. Non punta certo a spaventare: pensiamo che uno degli stilemi più spaventosi e spettacolari dei film di licantropi, le transizioni da uomo a uomo-lupo, qui avvengono all’istante, e il “mostro” altri non è che un lupo più grande. Invece il modello della storia di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong> è uno degli archetipi delle sofferenza amorose, quel <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Giulietta e Romeo</span></strong> scritto qualche secolo fa da uno dei migliori “sceneggiatori” di tutti i tempi, Sir <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">William Shakespeare</span></strong>, e citato in una delle prime scene del film. Anche qui ci sono due amanti divisi, non dal fatto di appartenere a due famiglie rivali, ma a due “razze” diverse, umani e vampiri (in questo il racconto potrebbe diventare una metafora della difficoltà delle coppie miste di oggi, ma non sembra mai andare in quella direzione). E il finale, in cui Edward, come Romeo, cerca la morte perché crede che la sua Bella, come Giulietta, sia morta, richiama proprio la trama di Shakespeare.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ispirazioni celebri a parte, la saga di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong> piace perché spinge all’identificazione. È narrata da un punto di vista prettamente femminile, quello di Bella, e riesce a cogliere molti degli aspetti tipici dell’adolescenza: il non sentirsi capiti, il non avere amici, la tentazione e il rischio di prendere una cattiva strada e di perdersi, il sentirsi diversi da chi ci sta intorno, unici, e il bisogno di ribadire, anche con rabbia, la propria unicità e la propria personalità. Bella, in <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong>, è diversa da tutti. Tra i vampiri della famiglia Cullen è l’unica umana, accettata ma mai fino in fondo, in costante pericolo. Ma è diversa anche tra i suoi simili, avendo varcato ormai una soglia dalla quale non può tornare indietro. E poi in <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong>, dopo l’innamoramento di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong>, c’è la scoperta del sesso, del corpo, e di quel confine sottile tra amicizia a amore, come si vede nell’avvicinamento di Bella a Jacob. Per questo i film della saga <span style="color:#00ffff;"><strong>Twilight</strong> </span>sono dei film rivolti soprattutto a un pubblico giovane e femminile (e sono piuttosto odiati da quello maschile, vedi la guerra dei sessi scoppiata in rete). Lo dimostra la grande attenzione per pettorali e bicipiti che c’è in <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">New Moon</span></strong>. In questo senso la cornice horror data alla storia (perché di cornice, e niente di più, si tratta) serve ad astrarre sentimenti e situazioni dell’adolescenza dalla realtà, a isolarli e renderli così più evidenti, assoluti. Le storie di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Stephanie Meyer</span></strong> riescono, in parte, in quello in cui non riesce <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Moccia</span></strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cosa resta dunque dell’horror nella saga di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong>? Non molto, diciamo una serie di suggestioni che servono a creare un’atmosfera<a href="http://allucineazioni.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/new-moon-2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-877" title="new moon 2" src="http://allucineazioni.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/new-moon-2.jpg" alt="" width="410" height="663" /></a> intorno a una storia d’amore e di crescita. <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Stephanie Meyer</span></strong> prende una serie di figure archetipiche del cinema horror, il vampiro e il licantropo, e le svuota, interessandosi ai sentimenti e ai rapporti tra i personaggi, più che alle peculiarità dei tipi in questione. Succede il contrario di quello che capita spesso al cinema horror, dove le figure mostruose sono il cuore del film, e sono di volta in volta inserite in cornici storiche, sociali o culturali diverse, per tornare comunque prepotentemente al centro. Qui i personaggi sono il centro della storia, e sono essenzialmente caratteri con problemi e reazioni umane: il loro essere mostri è solo un contesto, un contorno, un colore. Ma al centro ci sono sempre le caratteristiche umane del personaggio. Così i vampiri non hanno il problema di non potere vedere la luce, o di uccidere gli umani a tutti i costi. E i licantropi non si trasformano con la luna piena, ma in seguito a emozioni rabbiose. Entrambi non diventano tali perché “non morti”, o morsi da altre creature, ma fanno parte di famiglie in cui tutti sono così. Quanto ai vampiri, assistiamo a una “normalizzazione” estrema della figura del vampiro. I Cullen sono persone normalissime, lontanissime dalla figura agghiacciante del <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Nosferatu</span></strong> di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Murnau</span></strong> o di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Herzog</span></strong>, ma anche dal <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Dracula di Bram Stoker</span></strong> di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Coppola</span></strong>, e dai vampiri affascinanti ed eleganti anni Ottanta di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Myriam si sveglia a mezzanotte</span></strong>, o dei dandy d’altri tempi di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Intervista col vampiro</span></strong>, tratta dai libri di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Anne Rice</span></strong>, e portata sullo schermo da <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Neil Jordan</span></strong>. Per andare incontro al suo pubblico, la saga di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong> si avvicina a certi prodotti televisivi ai cui codici espressivi è abituato, cioè a serie che hanno sdoganato l’horror come prodotto per tutti, cioè <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Buffy</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Angel</span></strong> e il recente <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">True Blood</span></strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La saga di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong> è un perfetto esempio di film a target. Il che è interessante anche dal punto di vista commerciale, visto che permette di investire su un pubblico ben preciso. Ne è un esempio l’accattivante colonna sonora assemblando pezzi di gruppi rock, tra l’indie, l’emo e il dark, perfetti per accattivarsi il pubblico giovanile e costruire un’atmosfera oscura attorno al film. Ma, si sa, il rock è universale, e il risultato in questo caso è apprezzabile anche dai non giovanissimi. Tra canzoni dei <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Death Cab For Cutie</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Killers</span></strong> e i nipotini dei <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Joy Division</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">The Editors</span></strong>, le cose più interessanti vengono da <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Thom Yorke</span></strong>, che, senza i suoi <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Radiohead</span></strong>, canta la sua <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Hearing Damage</span></strong> su un tappeto elettronico e cupo, che fa risaltare la sua inconfondibile voce, e dai <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Muse</span></strong>, con <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">I Belong To You</span></strong>, che ripropongono il loro tipico sound con un tocco leggermente retro, vicino alle atmosfere di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Feeling Good</span></strong>, la loro cover del pezzo reso famoso da <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Nina Simone</span></strong>.  </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Prendete tutte queste premesse e metteteci quella enorme arma in più che ha il cinema: quella di creare icone e fissarle nell’immaginario in maniera indelebile. Certo, è presto, e probabilmente ingeneroso di parlare di icona, viste le vere icone che ha creato il cinema, per Edward Cullen. Ma rispetto all’aura di culto creata tra le adolescenti dai libri della Meyer, il grande schermo ha aggiunto il volto e il corpo di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Robert Pattinson</span></strong>, diventato un vero idolo delle ragazze di tutto il mondo. La saga di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Twilight</span></strong> lo mette in scena con un’aria alla <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">James Dean</span></strong>, dimostrando di non volersi togliere nulla in fatto di esempi di ribellione giovanile. Il suo aspetto fisico, unito all’aura romantica del suo personaggio, ha fatto centro nel cuore di molte ragazze. L’attore londinese ha scatenato una mania che, restando nel mondo del cinema, non si vedeva dai tempi del primo <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Leonardo Di Caprio</span></strong>. In rete e nei negozi si trova qualunque cosa con il volto o il nome di <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Robert Pattinson</span></strong>, o del suo personaggio, Edward Cullen: magliette, tazzine, ombrelli, cappelli, borse, tende per la doccia e persino le mutande vanno a ruba. Robsessed (cioè obsessed by Rob, ossessionate da Rob) è il titolo di un documentario sull’attore (il dvd si trova in vendita su Amazon). La mania è totale. E come se non bastasse, Pattinson è anche un cantante rock, e tra qualche anno vorrebbe incidere un disco. Chissà come prenderanno le sue ammiratrici la notizia della sua love story. Chi poteva conquistare il cuore del bel Pattinson? Ma ovviamente la sua Bella, l’attrice <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Kristen Stewart</span></strong>. Dal set l’amore si sarebbe trasferito nella realtà, Edward e Bella si sarebbero impadroniti di Pattinson e la Stewart, facendo innamorare i due. Negli ultimi due mesi i due sono stati spesso fotografati insieme, e i giornali inglesi e americani stanno cavalcando la notizia. Che, diversamente dal solito, non sembra la solita trovata pubblicitaria. Speriamo che il loro amore sia meno tormentato di quello dei due personaggi. E che magari questo riesca a portare nei prossimi film un po’ più di chimica, di passione, di pathos. Cioè un tocco in più di realtà.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">(Pubblicato su <strong><a href="http://www.moviesushi.it/html/speciale-The_Twilight_Saga_New_Moon_Cronaca_di_un_successo_annunciato__O_cronaca_di_un_amore-3746.html" target="_self">Movie Sushi</a></strong>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pure unadulterated genius.]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LEAR: O you, sir, you, come hither sir, who am I, sir? OSWALD: My lady&#8217;s father. LEAR: My lady]]></description>
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OSWALD: My lady&#8217;s father.<br />
LEAR: My lady&#8217;s father? My lord&#8217;s knave, you whoreson dog, you slave, you cur!<br />
OSWALD: I am none of these, my lord, I beseech your pardon.<br />
LEAR: Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal? <em>[LEAR strikes him]</em><br />
OSWALD: I&#8217;ll not be strucken, my lord.<br />
KENT: <em>[tripping him]</em> Nor tripped neither, you base football player.</strong><br />
 &#8211; <em>King Lear</em>, Act I, Scene iv, William Shakespeare.</p>
<p>&#8230;Either I am a huge geek or that passage is universally hysterically funny.<br />
I think the former applies most. I laughed unnaturally hard whilst reading it. Carry on with your lives!<br />
*merrily vacates the room*</p>
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<link>http://1000bolleblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/love-is-my-sin/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Sonetti di  William Shakespeare Adattamento teatrale di: Peter Brook Musiche di: Louis Couperin (162]]></description>
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<p>Sonetti di <em> William Shakespeare</em></p>
<p>Adattamento teatrale di: <em>Peter Brook</em></p>
<p>Musiche di<em>: Louis Couperin</em> (1626-1661)</p>
<p><em>Robert Schumann</em> (1810-1856)</p>
<p><em>Richard Wagner </em>(1813-1883)</p>
<p>eseguite dal vivo dal Maestro<em> Franck Krawczyk</em></p>
<p>con: <em>Natasha Parry, Michael Pennington</em></p>
<p>Spettacolo in lingua originale con sopratitoli.</p>
<blockquote><p>E&#8217; uno spettacolo semplice, minimo, in cui gli attori leggono, recitano, interpretano una scelta di 31 sonetti di Shakespeare divisi in quattro parti: <em>Il tempo divoratore</em> (sonetti 15,19 ,30, 64, 73, 12) <em>La separazione </em>( 29, 57, 97, 50, 44, 27, 49, 87) <em>La gelosia </em>(149, 147, 120, 93, 92, 138, 61, 110, 129, 142, 90, 145) <em>Il tempo sconfitto </em>(71, 146, 60, 123, 116).</p></blockquote>
<p>Indubbiamente lo spettacolo non è fruibile a chi sia completamente digiuno di poesia inglese. Le parole di Shakespeare (anche nella traduzione italiana) sono cariche di passione e sentimenti che raramente senza una buona base culturale si riescono a cogliere ed interpretare. La cosa migliore è, a nostro avviso,  prepararsi adeguatamente prima, oltre a sapere la lingua inglese.</p>
<p>Magistrali le interpretazioni dei due attori/lettori che, grazie alla loro espressività, hanno reso il tutto un amalgama perfetta ed inebriante. Le parole dei sonetti ci portano in un mondo onirico fatto di amore e metafore, parole che colpiscono direttamente il cuore e sensazioni fortissime.</p>
<p>Inutile aggiungere che il tutto viene reso quasi magico dalle musiche del maestro Krawczyk, che alla fine del recital ci regala un concerto di 20 minuti per pianoforte con musiche di Couperin, Schumann e Wagner.</p>
<p>In poche parole: emozioni allo stato puro!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Macbeth's Shakespeare.. Minah, Anggodo.. Antara Tragedi dan Realitas.....]]></title>
<link>http://storiesfromtheroad.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/macbeths-shakespeare-ambisi-yang-salah-kaprah/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Macbeth adalah sandiwara tragedi karya William Shakespeare yang ditulis sekitar tahun 1606. Drama in]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://storiesfromtheroad.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/macbeth.jpg"><img src="http://storiesfromtheroad.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/macbeth.jpg?w=219" alt="" title="Macbeth" width="219" height="290" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-993" /></a><strong>Macbeth</strong> adalah sandiwara tragedi karya <strong>William Shakespeare</strong> yang ditulis sekitar tahun 1606. Drama ini adalah salah satu <em>tragedi</em> Shakespeare yang terkenal dan juga yang paling pendek&#8230;</p>
<p>Tragedi ini menceritakan tentang <strong>ambisi</strong> yang berubah menjadi kejahatan, seorang jenderal yang mengkhianati rajanya, sahabatnya, bahkan jiwanya sendiri. &#8220;<em><strong>Fair is foul, and foul is fair</strong></em>&#8221; adalah inti dari Macbeth yang mengisahkan pahlawan-panglima Macbeth dan istrinya yang berambisi menjadi raja dan ratu Skotlandia. Mereka mengira bahwa satu-satunya jalan menuju tahta raja adalah melalui pedang&#8230; Tetapi niat jahat memiliki rencana sendiri untuk menampakkan jati dirinya&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Tentang Apa?</strong><br />
Macbeth adalah seorang jendral di bawah pemerintahan raja Skotlandia <strong>Duncan I</strong>. Pada suatu hari ia dan temannya <em>Banquo</em> bertemu dengan tiga tukang sihir yang meramalkan bahwa Macbeth bakal menjadi raja suatu hari, dan Banquo walaupun tidak akan menjadi raja tapi akan memperanakkan raja-raja&#8230;</p>
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Ketika Macbeth pulang dan memberitakan hal ini kepada istrinya <em><strong>Lady Macbeth</strong></em>, ia segera menyusun rencana untuk membunuh Duncan yang akan berkunjung dan menginap di rumah mereka. Setelah menjadi raja, Macbeth juga takut bahwa Banquo akan membocorkan rahasia tentang ketiga tukang sihir, dan memerintahkan ia dibunuh juga&#8230;</p>
<p>Sementara itu seorang jendral lain yang bernama <strong>Macduff</strong> menjadi curiga akan tingkah laku Macbeth yang menampakkan gejala-gejala ketakutan dan rasa bersalah. Ia kemudian bergabung dengan <em>Malcolm</em> dan <em>Donalbain</em>, kedua anak Duncan yang juga merasa curiga&#8230;</p>
<p>Perasaan takut Macbeth mendorongnya untuk mencari tukang-tukang sihir itu lagi, dan kali ini mereka meramalkan bahwa Macbeth akan tetap hidup &#8220;<em>sampai hutan <strong>Great Birnam</strong> datang ke bukit <strong>Dunsinane</strong></em>&#8220;. Selain itu, juga bahwa Macbeth tidak akan dibunuh oleh seorang yang dilahirkan dari seorang wanita&#8230; Berpikir bahwa ini hal yang mustahil, Macbeth menjadi sombong dan puas akan jawaban ini. Tapi <em>Lady Macbeth</em> akhirnya tidak kuat lagi dan menjadi gila. Terutama ia merasa bahwa ada noda darah di tangannya yang tidak mau hilang walaupun dicuci berkali-kali&#8230;</p>
<p>Malcolm dan Macduff pergi ke Inggris dan merencanakan kudeta untuk membunuh Macbeth. Mereka akhirnya menyerang puri Macbeth dengan sekelompok prajurit, sambil membawa pucuk-pucuk pohon dari hutan <em>Great Birnam</em> sebagai samaran (<em><strong>hutan Birnam</strong> datang ke <strong>bukit Dunsinane</strong></em>). Macduff berhasil memaksa Macbeth untuk berduel dengannya. Macbeth masih merasa sombong karena berdasarkan ramalan tukang-tukang sihir, ia tidak akan pernah dibunuh oleh &#8220;<em>seseorang yang dilahirkan dari seorang wanita</em>&#8220;. Tetapi Macduff menjawab bahwa ia &#8220;<em>diambil dari rahim ibunya</em>&#8221; (dengan <strong>operasi caesar</strong>). Akhirnya Macduff berhasil memotong kepala Macbeth dan menyerahkan tahta kerajaan kepada <strong>Malcolm</strong>&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://storiesfromtheroad.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/minah.jpg"><img src="http://storiesfromtheroad.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/minah.jpg" alt="" title="Minah" width="250" height="179" class="alignright size-full wp-image-998" /></a><strong>Tragedi dan Realitas</strong><br />
Seperti yang diulas oleh seorang jurnalis di harian &#8220;<strong>Kompas Minggu</strong>&#8220;, 22 November 2009, <strong>Putu Fajar Arcana</strong>, pada dasarnya, kita sangat suka terhadap tragedi&#8230; Lihatlah kisah menjengkelkan dalam sistem peradilan di sekitar kita. Tragedi sebuah ruang pengadilan di Purwokerto, Banyumas, Jawa Tengah, dipicu oleh seorang ibu berusia 55 tahun, <a href="http://regional.kompas.com/read/xml/2009/11/19/07410723%20/duh....tiga.buah.kakao.menyeret.minah.ke.meja.hijau...." target="_blank"><strong>Minah</strong> yang mengambil <strong>3 butir buah kakao</strong></a> di sebuah perkebunan, PT Rumpun Sari Antan 4 dan bandingkan bagaimana cepatnya respon pihak kepolisian memproses laporan dari Pengacara Anggodo terhadap ramainya pemberitaan bukti rekaman pembicaraan ini di Sidang MK (Mahkamah Konstitusi) di media massa &#8211; seperti yang diulas oleh media <em>online</em> <a href="http://www.kompas.com">kompas.com</a> &#8211; <a href="http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/xml/2009/11/22/05430884%20/negeri.tercinta.anggodonesia" target="_blank"><strong>Negeri Tercinta Anggodonesia</strong></a>. </p>
<p>Mereka tidak saling mengenal, Anggodo hidup di metropolitan Jakarta, Minah hidup di dusun perbukitan Banyumas, jauh dari hiruk-pikuk perkotaan.. Meski hidup di payung hukum negara Indonesia yang sama, nasib mereka amat bertolak belakang. Status hukum Minah adalah terpidana kasus pencurian, sedangkan Anggodo adalah pelapor kasus penyadapan.<br />
Anggodo dan Minah adalah permodelan untuk sebuah penjelasan tentang perlakuan pemerintah Indonesia terhadap warga negara. Sebab urutan kejadian tidak hanya memberi makna dari istilah &#8220;persamaan di depan hukum&#8221;. Selain nilai keadilan, ada nilai lain yang tidak bisa diabaikan dalam praktik berbangsa.</p>
<p>Memang kisah di lantai pengadilan itu menjengkelkan dan  membuat rasa keadilan semakin terkoyak, sebuah institusi lebih kuat menikam rakyat kecil&#8230;<br />
Itulah panggung teater sesungguhnya dalam realitas kehidupan, apakah lakon <strong>Tragedi Macbeth</strong>, <strong>20-22 November 2009</strong>, yang dipentaskan oleh <strong>Teater Sastra Universitas Indonesia</strong> di <em>Graha Bhakti Budaya, Taman Ismail Marzuki Jakarta</em> dapat menjadi contoh tragedi bentuk lain&#8230;?? </p>
<p>Usaha sutradara <strong>I Yudhi Soenarto</strong>, <em>master</em> teater dari <em><strong>State University of New York</strong></em>, Amerika Serikat, mengontekskan tragedi dalam drama karya <strong>William Shakespeare</strong> satu sisi pantas layak diapresiasi.., mengingat tantangan yang harus ditaklukkan saat memilih naskah ini untuk merayakan puncak <strong>25 Tahun Teater Sastra UI</strong>.</p>
<p>Lebih lanjut adalah bagaimana menjadikan panggung teater sebagai arena yang pantas ditonton publik karena berbagai pertimbangan setelah melihat realitas sehari-hari jauh lebih tragis ketimbang panggung teater itu sendiri. Perkara <strong><a href="http://storiesfromtheroad.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/kasus-kpk-bandar-sabu-berani-nyatut-nama-presiden-sby/" target="_blank">Cicak vs Buaya</a></strong>, yang melibatkan institusi penegak hukum, seperti kepolisian, kejaksaan, dan Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (<strong>KPK</strong>), sudah berbulan-bulan ”mencuri” perhatian publik. Di situ kesenian (teater) harus benar-benar bisa menunjukkan dirinya sebagai ruang-renung dan muara katarsis, yang tidak berhenti pada konteks hiburan semata-mata&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Lakon Macbeth</strong><br />
Lakon Macbeth diakui banyak aktor dan sutradara sebagai naskah yang berat. Di dalamnya banyak dialog yang berpanjang-panjang, penuh dengan renungan hidup yang ditulis Shakespeare secara <strong>metaforis</strong>. Lantaran mengikuti secara tertib hampir seluruh adegan, pementasan Teater Sastra UI sampai memakan waktu lebih dari 3,5 jam. Terlihat dalam durasi pentas yang panjang mengumbar dialog-dialog filosofis secara verbal, tentu bisa jadi itu pekerjaan yang tidak terlalu menguntungkan. Tidak saja lantaran sekarang hidup kita didominasi oleh kultur visual, tetapi sekali lagi, tantangan panggung teater kini ”melawan” kekejaman realitas itu sendiri.</p>
<p>Realitas saat ini membuat kita berpikir keras, bagaimana melihat ketidakadilan terjadi, tragedi dianggap lazim dan bersembunyi di balik semua hal yang bersifat <em>legal formalistic</em> demi prosedur yang menghamba kepada sistem. Kita menjadi tawanan <em>legalistic mind</em>. Sikap dan tindakan kita dipengaruhi secara kaku dan berlebihan.<br />
Hidup dalam keterpaksaan dan kepura-puraan dalam sistem yang tidak memberi peluang bagi rakyat kecil untuk memperoleh kesempatan sama &#8211; yang seharusnya dibimbing dan dilindungi? Dan itulah tragedi sesungguhnya yang harus kita lewati&#8230; </p>
<p><em>(Diolah dari <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">wikipedia.org</a>, <a href="http://www.kompas.com">kompas.com</a>)</em></p>
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