tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post7829705476718466594..comments2023-07-07T10:56:11.083-04:00Comments on Shakespeare Geek: Is Oberon A Bad Guy?Duane Morinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-57774247040136230382008-09-27T01:08:00.000-04:002008-09-27T01:08:00.000-04:00I was talking to a friend of mine today who saw th...I was talking to a friend of mine today who saw the Globe's show in London this summer, & said that the end was staged so that Oberon saw the effect of his trick & had a "cripes, what have I done to my wife?" moment, & they ended up back together with the child as theirs, rather than one or the other's. I think it could work. :)Kenna M. Kettrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10776932784085029019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-81917430603220061812008-09-23T07:15:00.000-04:002008-09-23T07:15:00.000-04:00Thanks Alan! And you didn't even feel the need to...Thanks Alan! And you didn't even feel the need to say "P.S. Hamlet's a wanker" at the end :)Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-10543776555916782892008-09-23T04:13:00.000-04:002008-09-23T04:13:00.000-04:00The problem is Titania won't let the boy grow up -...The problem is Titania won't let the boy grow up - it is time for him to move on: In their world, he is ready to go an play with the big boys - to become a 'squire'.<BR/><BR/>Titania is obsessed with the child - so much so that she is denying Oberon his 'rights': Hence Oberon's 'excessive' trick is a sort of reflection of Titania's already skewed views. But she is also stopping the 'natural Alan K.Farrarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930353547190453742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-57835512396156284682008-09-22T21:28:00.000-04:002008-09-22T21:28:00.000-04:00Oh, I have nothing but respect for directors who h...Oh, I have nothing but respect for directors who have to conceive the vision for an entire play. I've never had that sort of visual imagination. It's one of the reasons I'm so big on dialogue. I can't tell you what characters look like, or the decorations in the room - all I want to know is what's going on inside their heads.<BR/><BR/>The problem with "They all go home together" is that if Duane Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569611828708601563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13529575.post-62230890967842815652008-09-22T17:24:00.000-04:002008-09-22T17:24:00.000-04:00well, are oberon and titania "married?" ...well, are oberon and titania "married?" maybe your daughter is on to something, that it's a little custody battle. <BR/><BR/>or maybe when titania wakes up she goes home to her happy house with oberon and the boy and they live happily ever after...? that way you have a mommy and a daddy and an adopted boy?<BR/><BR/>i think i wouldn't lie or fudge or fib and say he gives the boy Christine G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17781551364340088590noreply@blogger.com