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Nope, and you really can do many of the plays in a much shorter time. Take a look at practically any Shakespearean play and look at how much time is spent on non-dialogue. And yes, you're right - it was R&J.

I'm really not trying to pull anyone's leg (sorry, I mean yank anyone's chain) with this. Honestly, really, and truly, nearly all Shakespeare's plays (and indeed other contemporary dramas) ended with the cast doing a dance on stage. Several of the early editions of WS's plays end with the stage...

The costumes in Branagh's Hamlet are fairly typical of many staged productions of Shakespeare, at least in the UK. They are staged in a strange sort of 'past land' - vaguely 19th century but not really possible to pin down to a specific period. The idea is to impress that this is a different...

Matthew, the ending makes a lot more sense if you know some of the background to the book. Spoiler:At the time Burgess was writing, there was a lot of concern about the amount of teenage violence and vandalism (mainly teddy boys - the principal inspiration for Alex and his gang - and...

Yes, but they are not faithful to the books. The film of GE has a radically different ending (and there are two alternative endings for the GE book to choose from). For those that don't know, the alternative endings to GE are: Spoiler:In the original, Pip definitely remains alone. At...