Let's face it, a good number of people find dealing with the classics tedious, bland, confusing, and sometimes just plain boring. Since we have such a love of the classics in every imagineable form we thought we'd take a refreshing approach to them, sort of "color" them up a bit! The classics according to our rather warped but well meaning minds. To celebrate them, if you will! Who knows, by the time we're *done*you may find yourself wanting to read or view them for the first time or wanting to just revisit them! It's our hope that you enjoy the site and take time to visit some the other entertaining and thought provoking sites linked here.
"We know what we are but not what we may be"-- Hamlet
Under de(con)struction
May we have mercy on the masters!
May we all have mercy on the classics!
Classics Recomposed
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Nestle DeWynter Lives!
Oprah has a Book Club! So do we at the CD!
The 1997 Decomposed Awards! The Oscars? Who needs them? We have the Decomposed Awards! We have a statuette! We even have a host! 
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The Bard meets Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat!
If The Cat in the Hat were to meet Hamlet what would they possible have to say to one another? Dine on green eggs and ham in some small cafe outside of Elsinore, perhaps?
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Raspootin's Cyber House of Fashion |
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What to wear? What to wear? This question has vexed humankind since the first loin cloth! Let the world renown Ras, designer to the stars set you on the path on of painless fashion without losing weight, buying tons of unnecessary fashion magazine, and walking into boutiques trying on clothes simply designed for the stick figure types. No one ever wants to be a fashion disaster. Even William Shakespeare was mindful of the dreadful question! Bet even he wondered if Desdemona would be caught in plaid!\ Ahhh, what to wear? What to wear?
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the theatre!
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Really Important Films |
We like a great film just like all the others critics
out there! Why we'll even review a film we haven't even seen!... In the words of Margo Channing
'Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride!'
Out of our way Siskel, Ebert, and Koch we've got some serious reviewing to do! Or something like that!
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Anthony Minghella's Trust us! You don't have to Maybe before or after you see |
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The Wings of the Dove adapted from Henry James' novel is a feast for the
eyes.
Love is in the air! "Oscar and Lucinda" is Gillian Armstrong's film adaptation of Peter Carey's Booker prize winning novel.
Click on the picture and go to RIF magazine for a review of the film.
Ivanov: Adventures in "A"Row
The Almeida Theatre Company The Almeida Theatre Company has managed to delight both crowds and critics alike. (Imagine that!) It's a wonderfully quaint theatre in the Islington session of London and houses internationally reknowned British actors such as: Alan Rickman (Emmy winner for HBO Rasputin), Ralph Fiennes (let the drooling commence), Dame Diana Rigg (the original Mrs. Peel).
To find out more about the Almeida we highly recommend
visiting their website! You'll surprised by the impact this theatre company is having on British theatre going!
Also, because I love it!
What you see below is a link to a book. Click on the title or the picture and you can buy the book! Read on to find out how and why!
The Wings of the Dove
The books are coming! The books are coming! Infact some of them are already here!
In our continuing effort to bring you the best in the written word we have become an Amazon.com associate. You will now see books listed on our pages. Books you can buy! Books to own and cherish and buy bookcases for!
Here's what is means to be an Amazon associate:
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Ruin'dHens (the powers that be behind The Classics Decomposed)
The Hamlet Homepage. This wonderful site offers just about everything you need to know about Hamlet and then some. Why there's even Prince Charles' interpetation of the"To be or not to be..." speech! (He should know!) Those words must surely haunt him a lot lately. Will he be or won't he be? That is the question!
UK Theatre WebAt this site you can find out what's onstage at theatres in the U.K.!
Michael Ondaatje Booker Award winning author of the English Patient, this site gives you information author and the recently released film version.
Heavenly's is the place for reviews and information about the theater
Ruin's Bruins
What do bears have to do with literature? Chekhov wrote a play called The Bear. Bears have been known to be so enchanted
by literature that they rarely return their library books. So, let your hair down and go see
some bears, the stuffed mohair breed, that is.
It's Rafe Actually
Mr. Fiennes is the 1995 Tony Award winner for Hamlet. This page is not for the faint of heart or those with low tolerance levels for fan pages!
Since we seem to have a thing for Hamlet we thought we'd throw in Kenneth Branagh's A Midwinter's Tale. Since Hamlet seems to be a *bug" of Mr. Branagh's, what better way of setting the public up
for the next chilling(?) film adaptation of Hamlet? This site offers a synopsis of the very humourous film that opened this year's Sundance Film Festival!
Ruin'dHens at the following addresses:
Gihennings@aol.com
RRuin@aol.com
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