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Post by philomina on Aug 3, 2017 16:27:34 GMT
whats on your page!!!!....McCafee alerts me it poses a serious risk, if I accept risk it bocks incoming threat and stops page loading...... I would remove link and check your page, is probably some advert or pop up. maybe just copy and past interview into a post on here till you find out what/if there is a threat. There are the usual ads on the page. Anyone else experiencing problems like that? It opens problem-free on my phone Samsung internet and Chrome, as well as on the desktop Win 10 Firefox, Chrome and IE.
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Post by muckypup on Aug 3, 2017 16:42:20 GMT
whats on your page!!!!....McCafee alerts me it poses a serious risk, if I accept risk it bocks incoming threat and stops page loading...... I would remove link and check your page, is probably some advert or pop up. maybe just copy and past interview into a post on here till you find out what/if there is a threat. There are the usual ads on the page. Anyone else experiencing problems like that? I opens problem-free on my phone Samsung internet and Chrome, as well as on the desktop Win 10 Firefox, Chrome and IE. just thought it was prudent to inform you.....hope you did not mind. I was using edge browser but it does the same on chrome....its the antivirus that flags it up. as you say it probably just the ads and McCaffe being extra vigilant. nice interview by the way (read it on the IPad .....no problems on there)
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Post by kimalysong on Aug 3, 2017 16:42:51 GMT
For some maybe it is new - This is my indepth interview with Scott & Alex about all things HAMLET: Interview- Actor Alexander Vlahos on his journey with the character of Hamlet.
- Both Alex and director Scott Handcock on their shared process and hopes.
- Scott on realising this ambitious audio drama.
whats on your page!!!!....McCafee alerts me it poses a serious risk, if I accept risk it bocks incoming threat and stops page loading...... I would remove link and check your page, is probably some advert or pop up. maybe just copy and past interview into a post on here till you find out what/if there is a threat. I've opened it up on my phone and work computer with no issue.
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Post by muckypup on Aug 3, 2017 16:45:37 GMT
whats on your page!!!!....McCafee alerts me it poses a serious risk, if I accept risk it bocks incoming threat and stops page loading...... I would remove link and check your page, is probably some advert or pop up. maybe just copy and past interview into a post on here till you find out what/if there is a threat. I've opened it up on my phone and work computer with no issue. just think, your work computer could be infected with a nasty virus, cause untold troubles for your IT dept, but means you have to go home and listen to hamlet and distress.....lol
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Post by kimalysong on Aug 3, 2017 16:48:00 GMT
I've opened it up on my phone and work computer with no issue. just think, your work computer could be infected with a nasty virus, cause untold troubles for your IT dept, but means you have to go home and listen to hamlet and distress.....lol Or I think everything is fine because if something is wrong the security on my work computer wouldn't let me go to the site. And I am listening to Hamlet at work anyways. I listen to 90% of my Big Finish at work.
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Post by Trace on Aug 4, 2017 2:33:02 GMT
just think, your work computer could be infected with a nasty virus, cause untold troubles for your IT dept, but means you have to go home and listen to hamlet and distress.....lol Or I think everything is fine because if something is wrong the security on my work computer wouldn't let me go to the site. And I am listening to Hamlet at work anyways. I listen to 90% of my Big Finish at work. Oh how I wish I had a job where I could listen to my audios! I'd go through them at a breakneck speed! At least when I lived in the Boston area, my commute in heavy traffic gave me a lot of listening time, and my job was cushy and a nice pace! Best job ever, and it's why I kept it for 25 years! Now, I have a 3-minute commute, and my job is so busy I forget to make time to eat and pee!
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Post by kimalysong on Aug 4, 2017 18:42:52 GMT
Well I listened to the first 2 acts of this and it's brilliant so far.
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Post by 8doctormcgann on Aug 4, 2017 19:32:58 GMT
Listened to Act 1, and it is better than I could have hoped for so far.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Aug 5, 2017 0:42:18 GMT
A .pdf of the adaptation would be most appreciated.
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Post by kimalysong on Aug 5, 2017 19:13:24 GMT
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Aug 5, 2017 20:05:58 GMT
An act in and it really is a first rate production but, and I'll get hell for this, I find Vlahos to be a little lightweight as Hamlet.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 20:37:32 GMT
Is this a full adaptation or abridged?
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Post by kimalysong on Aug 5, 2017 20:56:01 GMT
Is this a full adaptation or abridged? There are some parts cut not being a Hamlet expert I can't tell you what. As for Alex's performance I am only 2 acts in but I think he's excellent so far. I agree with the previous review there is a youthfulness to his performance but you can also see the start of Hamlet's madness. I especially loved Alex's The Play's the Thing speech at the end of the 2nd act. I feel his performance is very fresh. I know there are debates about Hamlet's age (and it seems inconsistent in the text) and Hamlet is usually played by a somewhat older actor but for me I like a younger Hamlet. Hence I really like the youthfulness that Alex brings to the part. But that being said the entire cast is great. I wouldnt even have recognized that Barnaby Edwards was the ghost. And I just love Terry Molloy as Polonius. And Deidre Mullins brings a new depth to Ophelia that I don't often see. Shakespeare is difficult even being familiar with the story of Hamlet I can't say Inunderstand every line but this production has a down to earth quality that makes the characters relatable to me in a way. So even though I may not understand every line I understand the characters perfectly. Polonius and Laertes love for their daughter and sister. Hamlet's grief for the loss of his father, etc.
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Post by kimalysong on Aug 6, 2017 15:04:01 GMT
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Post by Digi on Aug 6, 2017 19:45:50 GMT
I've been listening to this afternoon and...wow. This is dense. Really dense. Like, 'I'm going to have to listen to this 5 or 10 times before I get a full handle on everything' dense.
It's the language. I'm aware of Shakespeare 'at arm's length,' so to speak; I know the broad strokes of the better-known works, but I am a very long way from being anything approaching an expert.
That said? This is an excellent production. The acting, the directing, the sound design--this is just an absolutely top-shelf Big Finish title. Handcock/Richards/Vlahos/Richardson/Childs/Molloy should all be extremely proud of what they've accomplished here.
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Post by Trace on Aug 7, 2017 1:54:07 GMT
Wow! First rate production! I love Shakespeare and I think Alex's take on the Dane is by far my favorite of all I've seen or heard. I love the younger Hamlet, and for some reason I always pictured him this way. In the article Kim sent, it speaks of a younger man's angst vs. an older man's, and I think that is spot on. Alex is my favorite male actor at the moment, mainly because of The Confessions of Dorian Gray and Versailles, although I've been watching Merlin and he's quite good in that as well. For me, there was never a doubt about pulling off this production. I actually feel Shakespeare is perfect for Scott Handcock's producing skills and Alex's voice and acting talent. This feels very frantic and visceral on one hand, fast-paced and packing an emotional wallop. On the other, it's languid, dreamy and melancholy. Naturally, that's pretty intrinsic with Shakespeare but often, the producers and actors don't get it, and that may be one reason that many people just can't get into it. This crew "gets it" and the result is sublime.
Wonderful production! Let's hope this is the first of many, and that Alex sticks around to play MacBeth, or Romeo! I think with his beautiful voice he could easily pull off that of a teenager.
Im going to listen again! The first time was straight through quickly--I was more interested in production. But now I can sit back and savor the language, and the beauty. Kudos to Scott, Alex and the rest of the cast and crew. And to Big Finish for giving this the go-ahead!
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Post by number13 on Aug 7, 2017 22:37:02 GMT
I had to wait a few days for the chance to listen to 'Hamlet' as it deserves, and it made for a late evening, but I was determined to listen to it in one session, five acts without interruptions! And it fully lived up to my expectations - this is definitely a 'Big Finish' Hamlet (which, as everyone on DU knows, is a high compliment) with all the freshness, energy and immediacy their style brings to every production - and of course, with a typically excellent cast and production values with Scott Handcock's direction. Elsinore is created around the players by our imaginations helped by Neil Gardner's sound design, and I liked the use of the religious choral style of James Dunlop's music which interleaves the acts and scenes. I very much enjoyed Alexander Vlahos' Hamlet, played in the early acts with a clever lightness as the prince's mind skitters uncertainly between grief and anger at the discovery of his father's murder, between that grief edging him towards madness, and Hamlet's pretence of madness to conceal his vengefulness from his guilty uncle - until he can devise a plan to be certain of that guilt and to avenge his father. When this production was announced a few months ago, I was pleased that they intended to give us a youthful Hamlet instead of the more usual thirty-ish (or older) prince and I think it worked very well. {(Hamlet Dating Conundrum digression here!)}Apart from the gravedigger's scene (where if you do the maths, Hamlet must be in his very late twenties at least) - it seems that Hamlet is a young prince, maybe no more than twenty. The references in Act 1 to Hamlet 'going back to school in Wittenberg' tell us he is still a student at the University there. As the crown Prince, after a few years (starting from his late teens) studying classics and the like he would surely have been back at the royal court learning the practical business of kingship from his father. And if he had unarguably been old enough to rule the kingdom alone (as a prince in his later twenties would have been), Claudius would surely not have dared to assume the crown was his for the taking if he murdered Hamlet's royal father? So one or other of the clues is false, and I prefer to assume the gravedigger had his dates wrong - I would take Shakespeare's words and plot over his numbers any day! Although the tragic events of Act 3 and 4 stem from his actions and hesitations, this Hamlet audibly gains maturity through the rest of the play as he struggles for his sanity against almost overwhelming tragedy. By the time he returns from the voyage to England, and tells Horatio how he turned against its agents Claudius' plan to have him killed, Alexander Vlahos' Hamlet sounds like a young king in waiting and after the fatal fencing match he does finally act against his traitorous uncle. And at the very end, with his 'dying voice' he gives the succession to Fortinbras of Norway, presumably to avert war and for the good of what should have been his kingdom - the mature act of a true king. Three highlights which for me illustrate his performance well are: his speech ending Act 2 culminating in 'the play’s the thing'; the electrifying scene with Tracey Childs where Hamlet tries to convince his mother of her new husband's guilt (and poor Polonius is 'dead for a ducat') and the mix of wordplay, introspection and pathos in the gravedigger's scene. The cast of 'Big Finish' regulars are really excellent. I especially liked Terry Molloy's wonderful Polonius with the early dry humour and the later tragedy of his role, Miles Richardson making Claudius so smooth and plausible a villain and Deirdre Mullins' tragically believeable Ophelia. And as a fan of his writing and directing, I must mention Barnaby Edwards' suitably chilling Ghost! Whether 'Hamlet' for you is still 'the undiscovered country' or you hear it 'with a knowing ear', in either case 'the play's the thing' and this Big Finish production should not be missed. (EDIT: I just noticed this was my 750th post - a number 'that hath in it no profit but the name' but it still seemed worth noting!)
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Post by Trace on Aug 8, 2017 1:35:45 GMT
That's funny! I'm right behind you with 745, so I'll be celebrating that same milestone after 5 more posts!
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Post by number13 on Aug 8, 2017 22:23:32 GMT
My Hamlet CDs arrived today - quick work by BF, despatched on release day (Thursday) arrived Tuesday. (Economy post which is fine by me, it's still free for U.K. pre-orders.) I often buy BF downloads but Shakespeare seemed to call for a CD, and I'm pleased I did because the presentation is as classy as the rest of the production. Double jewel case, the 'on-stage backlit' image fully covering each CD as well as the case front (I wonder who played Yorick...?) and the earlier publicity picture on the front of the insert card, with a main cast picture and credits. I do miss the old booklets with extra production details in, but I suppose it would have been a bit tricky to get Writer's Notes for this one... Let's hope this turns out to be the first of the 'Big Finish' Shakespeare range - I'm excited about King Lear later this year and if BF get the support they deserve for these titles, there must be many more of his plays with the 'name' to make production viable.
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Post by fingersmash on Aug 9, 2017 13:43:24 GMT
Deidre Mullins is the greatest Ophelia of all time and Vlahos might be one of the greatest Hamlets of all time. I listened in the car so I started and stopped which was a bad choice but I'll be listening this weekend when I'm off work and can fully enjoy it.
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