Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
#1Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 5:22pm
Thank God. I've always wondered what SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE would be like if it were 6 endless hours long and filled with Tom Stoppards masturbatory use of the english language thats only purpose is to put everyone but himself to sleep.
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#2Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 5:35pmIt seems strange that Stoppard would make such a choice to do this.
#2Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 5:42pmYeah, it's a weird move on his part. Is he hard-up for cash or something?
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#3Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:14pmI believe he hinted at this during his TIMES interview last spring.
#4Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:19pmSo he must be on at least page 675 by now.
#5Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:22pmMaybe I'm crazy, but I'm kind of into the idea.
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#6Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:41pmThis will very much depend on the casting. I assume Paltrow won't recreate her film role, so who will take that over?
#8Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:47pmThis is one of my favorite movies, but I'm just not seeing it on stage.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#9Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:47pm
This will very much depend on the casting. I assume Paltrow won't recreate her film role, so who will take that over?
SJ Block, of course! Who else? Followed by Idina, Shoshana, Eden, Kristy, Lisa, Lee, Donna, Kerry, Juanita and Lucy!
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#10Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:55pmFor those dismissing this idea because of Stoppard's involvement...you know that he co-wrote the screenplay for the movie, right?
bwaylyric
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/22/03
#11Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 7:59pmI'd rather see this as a new musical.
#12Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 8:07pm^ totally agree. Now THERE'S a movie worth becoming a stage musical.
#13Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 8:57pm
One of my favorite Best Pictures in the past 2 decades, and one of the best screenplays as well.
I would love to see it adapted for stage, either as a play or a musical ... although I think the spoken word is so important in this work, I would hate to see that thrown out for a "power ballad" or a forced rhyme scheme. I'm leaning more toward the idea of a play, so I'm glad it's being approached that way.
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#14Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 9:08pm
"For those dismissing this idea because of Stoppard's involvement...you know that he co-wrote the screenplay for the movie, right?"
This. And he also won an Oscar for the screenplay with his co-writer Marc Norman. That being said, I still have a scar on my brain from Rock 'n Roll.
#15Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 9:36pm
The only way I think they could possibly make a musical of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE work is to musicalize everything but Shakespeare's words. As Best12 says, its hard to musicalize Shakespearian verse to begin with, but the power and beauty of the film is in the excitement of a relationship inspiring the the spoken words of ROMEO AND JULIET. The climax of the story is hearing those words SPOKEN on stage for the first time; it wouldn't have the same impact if in their 'premiere' performance at the Old Globe, they were suddenly delivered as musical arias.
Its hard to imagine the film being topped in a straightforward stage adaptation, but I can see, if not the commercial prospects of the property (an open ended engagement of this on Broadway is probably not a good idea) the appeal it would have for regional, community and college theatres here and in Europe, not to mention the ever expanding number of Shakespearean theatre festivals who would probably welcome it as a viable title.
Come to think of it, I think the play WOULD be a lot of fun at the Delacorte as a summer spectacle with a starry cast.
#16Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 10:23pm
I'm aware of Stoppard's involvement in the piece.
It's also, I think, one of only two things he has written that I genuinely like (the other being Rosencrant & Guildenstern.. and I don't hate Arcadia). I think it's some of his strongest writing because he was undoubtedly being reined in by a co-writer and the fact it was a very commercial endeavor.
#17Tom Stoppard to Pen Stage Adaptation of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Posted: 10/21/11 at 11:51pm
One of my favorite Best Pictures in the past 2 decades, and one of the best screenplays as well.
Besty, I'm so glad to hear you say that, I feel like it gets such a bad rep for losing to SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. I also consider it one of my favorite Best Picture winners of recent(ish) years, and I think the screenplay is incredibly smart and just wonderful in every way. The only thing that would make me take some pause is seeing other actors in the roles just because the ensemble of the film is so brilliant, but at the end of the day, we see Shakespeare performed over and over by all kinds of great actors. It'd fit the spirit of the story to have it become that type of property.
I'd love to see Carey Mulligan tackle Viola.
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