7-28-2023 Daily Thread

Texans Chat July 28, 2023

Well, tonight we’re going out with some friends to drink wine and watch Much Ado About Nothing at the Houston Shakespeare Festival at Miller Outdoor Theater. As such, I thought I’d list my Top Five Favorite Shakespeare Film Adaptations:

#1 – Much Ado About Nothing (1993), starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
#2 – Macbeth (2015), starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard
#3 – Henry V (2012), from BBC’s The Hollow Crown, starring Tom Hiddleston
#4 – Hamlet (1990), starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, and Helena Bonham Carter
#5 – Coriolanus (2011), starring Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler

On a related note, here’s an old Andy Griffith comedy bit about Romeo & Juliet: