Random Shakespearean Poll

[neadods]

They've announced this year's Shakespearean Mock Trial, once again to be presided over by a kickline of the nation's highest judges, led by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Potted plot: The Globe War Crimes Tribunal called Henry V to trial for his treatment of prisoners in the play under his name, with the Archbishop of Chaterbury as a co-defendant. After their acquital, the French Civil Liberties Union filed a civil suit on behalf of the slaughtered French POWs, which also resulted in an acquital which was upheld in appeals. Now the Supreme Court of the Amalgamated Kingdom of England and France is deciding if the civil trial judge’s conclusions of law are supported by his findings of fact. (Full writeup in a pdf here).

Topical, but this isn't as interesting to me as last year's case, and I couldn't buy tickets until payday anyway, so until then, throw your $.02 in here; if I go, I'll be posting about it. (As usual, the management reserves the right to completely ignore poll results.)

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Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Tangentially relevant - don't know if you're interested, but the BBC are releasing an audio only version of Lenny Henry's 'Othello' (with the full original cast).

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oooooo! Thanks!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I slapped it onto my Amazon wishlist for next time I have gift certificates to spend!

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

The Ruth Bader Ginsburg presence is kinda cool, but yes, that doesn't sound hugely riveting.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Watching her and Alito (also one of the judges) argue over war trials might be worth the $50, but it would also be distracting thinking over real-life parallels.

[jennetj.livejournal.com]

I wish they did these here - I'd be there in a flash!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

It's only an hour plane ride, and I've got a couch, I'm just sayin'... and you could probably get a day ticket to see the terra-cotta warriors.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

I was sad I couldn't go last year, but this year's sounds a little tame.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

I want to see the Judges *in* a kickline. Robed. It would be out of a Mel Brooks film!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Last year, I was wondering if Ginsburg was going to have the strength to walk, much less high-kick.

[flaviarassen.livejournal.com]

If you could be assured that it would be funny,
and get to do other things, and have the money
for plane travel, yes.

But that's a lot of "ifs"...