tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post3969723692507990367..comments2024-03-29T01:33:01.670+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: My pilgrimage to the Edinburgh FringeJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-32153927235024195062011-08-17T00:21:34.290+01:002011-08-17T00:21:34.290+01:00"I watched a film of "Hamlet""...<i>"I watched a film of "Hamlet""</i><br /><br />Yes, that's the beauty of plays - as long as you can find a film version that's faithful to the script, you can get it over and done with in an hour-and-a-half without reading anything! A couple of months before my finals I stupidly bought Michael Winterbottom's film version of 'Jude the Obscure', thinking it might provide me with a shortcut, but I quickly realised that it didn't follow the novel very closely at all. So I swallowed hard and got on with reading it, and I'm glad I did because it's one of my favourite books (albeit unremittingly depressing at the end).James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-27165721430858045282011-08-16T21:35:02.562+01:002011-08-16T21:35:02.562+01:00Hmmm. Are you sure you didn't dream that conve...Hmmm. Are you sure you didn't dream that conversation... it seems a little surreal! <br /><br />I wasn't brave enough to not read set texts at uni, but I did manage to not read anything at all for my A level English (I did it in England), except "Sons and Lovers", which I thought was marvellous.<br /><br />"The Alchemist" sounded dreary, so I skipped it altogether, I watched a film of "Hamlet", and for "Far from the Madding Crowd" (the night before the exam) and read "Coles Notes" on the other pieces. I really was the most awful pupil.<br /><br />It's a pity you didn't discover who was the best actress in the world. I'd have liked to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com