Why I like my work

[blamebrampton]

Brammers: Not having read War and Peace is one thing, but not having read Hamlet? It only takes an hour and a half!

Workmate: And it rhymes!

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[potteresque_ire]

But Shakespeare gives me headaches ....
I think I've read Hamlet, and that's because my school made me :)

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

hee! plus it has a scene with a dude pouring poison into another dude's ear. that's like, the best thing ever.

[honestly, the bf and i keep working that line in during conversation on an almost daily basis. it's odd. but fun].

[banbury.livejournal.com]

I am lucky - I'm a quick reader: it took me about two days to read War and Peace, I don't remember how much it took to read Hamlet in Russian (certainly less, and then I've seen four or more performances, including the four-hour one, couple in English and even in French), but when I'd tried to read it in English - that was tricky, I was buried in dictionaries :-)

[faynia.livejournal.com]

I've never read Hamlet...But I've seen Kenneth Branagh's version with his spiffy blond hair! And I've watched the Reduced Shakespeare Company perform it. *G* Does this count?

My school was weird, none of us had to read Hamlet in High School, but we all had to read Macbeth. o.O The trees, they move!

[pingrid.livejournal.com]

If your workmate has an extra copy of that rhyming edition of Hamlet, could you send it to me? ;D

[adores-draco.livejournal.com]

I liked War and Peace so much that I think it should be a classic! Even though it doesn't rhyme that much. *nods solemnly*

[glass-violet.livejournal.com]

*is jealous* Most of my workmates have only heard of 'Hamlet' in a boring-movie-i'll-never-watch sort of context. Shakespeare is love, and I will be forever thankful that I read 'Macbeth' before it was tainted by high school English teaching practices.
Have you seen the Australian 'Macbeth'? Its set in a Melbourne gangland context and is BRILLIANT!
I have never read 'War and Peace', though.

[silvershinigami.livejournal.com]

This reminded me that the other day my roommate came into the living room looking like somebody had just kicked her puppy. She told me her boyfriend had just informed her that he'd only read two books in his life.

TWO. BOOKS.

I felt like my soul cracked a little.

[ms-kilian.livejournal.com]

I like the Ethan Hawke version - Denmark is a Corporation. Much awesomeness, with bonus Leiv Shriber. I also enjoyed the Aust. production with one of the Changi guys in the lead.
I haven't read W&P, but I did enjoy the Audrey Hepburn film interpretation.

[mabonwitch.livejournal.com]

*thinks hard* No, I haven't read War and Peace, but I've read Crime and Punishment, and surely that is almost as good?

Also, reading Hamlet is crucial to getting all the jokes in Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead and the five-minute version of Hamlet.

I had a superior English teacher that year...*sighs wistfully*

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Didn't they turn it into a jingle for breakfast cereal?

What?

Not Hamlet?

Ah well - does it count that I have the Audrey Hepburn dvd of War and Peace?

[adevyish.livejournal.com]

Hee!

(I confess to having read half of Shakespeare's works during high school during free periods, courtesy of unused class sets and Project Gutenberg.)

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

Well, Hamlet is better in play form..

[angela-snape.livejournal.com]

LOL!