Alan Bennett 'S Talking Heads

[Rosie29]

There are going to be 12 of these monologues on BBC1 - 10 old ones rewritten for new actors and 2 new ones. I'm really looking forward to them- I thought the originals were superb.
There are 2 this coming week - Tuesday and Thursday.

[andy-hughes]

woofgang - // its sad but I agree Jno...even today people think Juliet is asking where Romeo is and not why he is called Romeo. //

That is an example of misinterpretation quoted so often it is a cliche, and it reflects not at all on the popularity of the work.

You might as well point out that millions of people think that Eric Burden sings - in House Of The Rising Sun - "My mother was a tailor, sold my new blue jeans ... " when the line is " ... sewed my new blue jeans ... " and you can spend an entire amusing evening pointing out misheard lyrics.

"Alas poor Yorrick, I knew him well ... "

No, it's "Alas poor Yorick, I knew him Horatio ... " but again, this is not by any means an example to illustrate that Shakespeare, or indeed The Animals, are fading from popularity simply because time is passing.


// The stories may last (Sharks are cool and the Jets are hot) but the language will vanish. //

If it was going to 'vanish', I think it would have happened during the passage of getting on for four-hundred-and-fifty years!