Favourite 'classic'

Lucky lucky you. Think we still flock to see Shakespeare because love, murder, jealousy and intrigue amongst other things never go out of fashion. In fact he still manages to capture the human condition though I hope the Royal Court is a tad less bloodthirsty, politicians seem much the same. Who played Cordelia?

It was an actress named Pippa Bennett-Warner. She was very good - in fact the whole thing was wonderful. I know we read them mostly nowadays and Shakespeare is such a huge part of our cultural psyche, it's easy to forget that they were written to be performed and I'd say that in this case at least, King Lear was much better to watch than read! I want everyone to go to the theatre now! lol
 
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is a much overlooked classic. It has the grime of Dickens with the class of Austen. It just takes me away....
 
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