and that word is...very changeable

[fahye]

Sooo, continuing my fit of renewed enthusiasm for all of my beloved British shows, I've been rewatching Shakespeare Retold (I really need to buy the DVDs at some stage!) and making silly noises at the screen. Have some illustrative clips!

Much Ado About Nothing - Damien Lewis (<3!) and Sarah Parish (<3!!!!) as the bickering co-anchors of a local news station.

The Taming of the Shrew - Shirley Henderson and Rufus Sewell as a violently antisocial politician and the unbalanced aristocrat who decides to marry her.



And also, because the sight of Rufus Sewell in fishnets and makeup really isn't something anyone should be deprived of...



*happy sigh*

I do love the Beeb.

Comments

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

*WANTS*

[fahye.livejournal.com]

OH LIZZEN YOU WOULD LOVE THIS. The four plays they cover are Shrew, Much Ado, Dream & Macbeth (<-- with JAMES MCAVOY as the titular character, hello, and that one's set in a restaurant and it's awesome).

[nuit-belle.livejournal.com]

Fahye, you have totally read my mind. I'm starting to do up a pimp post to get people into this, because I realised what I really want from yuletide is Bea/Ben or Kate/Petruchio post-show or the Macbeths pre-show.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

I *loved* the Shrew version.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

Ever since I got that DVD my life has been BETTER and I have wanted to climb Rufus Sewell like my own personal pretty climbing frame. Or lend him my frocks.

[miladygrey.livejournal.com]

I. Um. Er.

Rufus Sewell in fishnets ZOMG WANT.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled day.

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

RUFUS SEWELL IN FISHNETS.

I have absolutely nothing to add to this discussion.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

...omgYES. To any of the above. And excellent, if you make a pimp post then all I have to do is point people towards it.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, ARIA. I KNOW.

[minna.livejournal.com]

BILLIE PIPER AS HERO THAT'S COMPLETELY ADORABLE YOU REALISE I HAVE TO DOWNLOAD IT NOW WOOOOOOE

i love benedict in all his forms, he's always just a little retarded <333

[nuit-belle.livejournal.com]

Done and done! (http://nuit-belle.livejournal.com/125137.html) (The perfect excuse to do some re-watching.) But of course, now I really, really want people to write fic!