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...exposed to his writings in high school, and so a larger number of people read his works. But Shakespeare has also leaped across the divide of "high culture" to popular culture. Kenneth Branagh recently had a hand in making Shakespeare a common Hollywood name with Henry V, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and now Hamlet...
...soft, what light through mogul's closed mind breaks? It is the glimmer of belief that there might be an audience for movies based on the plays of William Shakespeare. Since 1993, when Kenneth Branagh's rompish Much Ado About Nothing earned $23 million at the domestic box office on an $8 million budget, studios have begun to belly up to the Bard. "Much Ado showed Hollywood how successful and enjoyable a Shakespeare movie could be," says Lindsay Law, president of Fox Searchlight Pictures...
Without further ado, here's a preview of how the race for the Ancient Eight title should shape...
Without further ado, here's a preview of how the race for the Ancient Eight title should shape...
...seen the newspaper ads. You've heard the radio commercials. You've probably even heard random people in the Square talking about it. It's been here before, and after much ado and praise, it's here again. You stop and wonder to yourself, "Is it really worth all this hype? Can any musical in existence live up to the expectations people have created for it? Most of all, is it really worth going through the hellish hassle called TicketMaster to get tickets to "The Phantom of the Opera...