I was amazed to discover "Lucrece," one of those texts that comes in every complete edition of Shakespeare, but which I personally never read. The cast takes up the huge challenge of conveying all the action and feeling of the poem at what seems a natural pace, finishing in just about 1 hour.
Test yourself; read aloud:
Are you thrilled to the core? Horrified by war? Then go see this. Bored already? Don't go!
Test yourself; read aloud:
And they, like straggling slaves for pillage fighting,
Obdurate vassals fell exploits effecting,
In bloody death and ravishment delighting,
Nor children's tears nor mothers' groans respecting,
Swell in their pride, the onset still expecting:
Anon his beating heart, alarum striking,
Gives the hot charge and bids them do their liking.
Are you thrilled to the core? Horrified by war? Then go see this. Bored already? Don't go!
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