Comments on: New Projects Inspired by the “To Be Or Not to Be” soliloquy

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:47:13 +0000

“All My Sins Remebered” was a collection of short stories by Joe Halderman.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:35:54 +0000

There is a Canadian TV Comedy called “Slings and Arrows” and apparently a UK band call “Thousand Natural Shocks”. “No Traveler Returns” would clearly make a much more interesting version of “Survivor”.

By: floretbroccoli

floretbroccoli — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:32:08 +0000

There’s a pretty good mystery novel, by Cyril Hare, called “With a Bare Bodkin.”

By: Destiny

Destiny — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:28:08 +0000

Hey Mark, I like your ideas for new projects. I especially like Native Hues of Resolution. By the way, This Mortal Coil was a British 80s band (sort of) that featured members of Magazine and the Cocteau Twins (among others). Also, there’s a P.G. Wodehouse short story called “A Sea of Troubles”.

By: Mark Blankenship

Mark Blankenship — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:44:28 +0000

@Michael — D’oh! That’s what I get for cut-n-pasting from Wikipedia! I took a closer look and changes where I recognized there were errors. Let me know if you see more.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:28:51 +0000

1. There are several errors in this transcription of the soliloquy– does for doth, to for turn, the for thy. (Harrumph!)
2. You’re right about To Be or Not To Be–the Lubitsch original has Jack Benny reading Hamlet; Perchance to Dream was the name of an episode of the animated Batman series and of the Twilight Zone; Tom Stoppard did an adaptation of a Schnitzler play under the English title of The Undiscovered Country.
3. You neglected the obvious: Natural Shocks, a MythBusters-style science series experimenting with alternative sources of electricity, and, with a tip of the hat to your originating idea, the inevitable sequel to Native Hue–Pale Cast.