Troilus and Crappida

"But not all of the Apocrypha are entirely without merit. In fact, one of them, Troilus and Cressida, is hardly crap at all." - The Reduced Shakespeare Company Radio Play

Ah, Reduced Shakespeare Company, why don't I listen to you more often?

Oh, yes - it's because the last time I listened to your summary of a Shakespeare play before going to see it, I spent the whole of Hamlet hearing your voices adding jokes to the ends of perfectly serious lines, which kind of ruined it for me. But still.

Anyway, aleas_iacta and I went to see Troilus and Cressida at the Globe on Saturday. I am... confused.

( Sing, bard, of the suck of Achilles... )

I'm going to have to get hold of The Myth Makers on audio. It's probable that running Troilus and Cressida through the Doctor Who filter - especially the Hartnell filter - made it into a genuinely enjoyable story at last.

(Also, I finished my dissertation. Go me!)

Book Review: Stardust

I said I'd start doing book reviews here, and I will. That way if anyone ever actually reads this, they will have something to read.

Or something.

So. Dissertation finished, I set forth last night to begin the awesome task of conquering my ever-growing book list. First up: Stardust, by Neil Gaiman.

( There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart's Desire. )

Will I try Gaiman again? Probably, one day; I think a lot of the problem with Stardust is the slightly affected fairy-tale style, which will hopefully be gone from his other works. But I'm not rushing to buy any more from him. I have a reading list to get through, first.