ext_123491 ([identity profile] woodwardiocom.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] drwex 2013-08-08 12:35 am (UTC)

there's a difference between doing something mostly straight in original setting

The problem there is that when it was done at the Globe, the actors weren't dressed up as 11th century Scots, or 15th century Italians, or ancient Romans, or what have you. Shakespeare is always an adaptation, because when Shakespeare was doing it, it was an adaptation.

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