Comments on: What Shakespear characters would you cast the Losties as?

By: Achalli

Achalli — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:05:54 +0000

Waycurious that’s another good one! Rose is one of my favorite characters but you are spot on about her.

By: waycurious

waycurious — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:56:09 +0000

Rose as Kate (the Shrew) – man, that woman does nothin’ but complain. If she acts like that during ‘the honeymoon’ period, imagine what she’s like after a few years!

By: imisscharlie

imisscharlie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:12:09 +0000

Andre7, love your comment about Sawyer and Kate mirroring Bennedick and Beatrice!

By: Andre7

Andre7 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:34:57 +0000

Waycurious: Who was in the Stratford production you saw?

By: Andre7

Andre7 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:33:16 +0000

Waycurious: I like the idea of Smoky as the ghost, but wouldn

Loved the image of Miles and Hurley as the hapless Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hope they dom’t end up the same way.

imisscharlie: (me2 by the way) Yes Ben is Iago.

Sawyer and Kate always bickering as Bennedick and Beatrice from Much Ado… ?

By: waycurious

waycurious — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:38:45 +0000

*HA HA* Hurley as Puck!

I love McBeth, too – but it was slightly ruined by the horrible version they showed me in HS where they made mache heads the 1/2 the size of a man.

LOVED when they took us to Romeo/Juliet at Stratford Festival in Canada, though. A-mazing production.

By: imisscharlie

imisscharlie — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:23:28 +0000

Great topic for discussion! How about:
–Ben as Iago in “Othello” (the ultimate schemer)
–Richard as Prospero in “The Tempest” (all knowing on a magical island)
–Locke as MacBeth (always duped into doing others’ bidding and ultimately dies)
–Sun as Juliet (star-crossed lover at the mercy of her parents)
–Jin as Romeo (see above)
–Michael as Othello (the jealous husband)
–Neil (Frogurt) as Sir Toby Belch or Sir Andrew Aguecheek in “Twelfth Night” (comic buffoon)
–Christian Shepherd as Banquo’s Ghost (Machbeth)
–Anthony Cooper as Claudius in Hamlet (smarmy fake father)
–Diane Austin (Kate’s mom) as Gertrude in Hamlet (ineffective Mother)
–Hurley as Puck in “Midsummer Night’s Dream” (just for the irony)
–Kate as Hermia and Juliet as Helena in “Midsummer” (love triangle and always at odds)

By: Achalli

Achalli — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:30:48 +0000

Glad you like it Waycurious. Seeing Jack as Hamlet is what prompted this theory. I have a huge hatred for Hamlet because of overexposure to the play. I love Macbeth however. You came up with a lot of good suggestions.

By: waycurious

waycurious — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:01:08 +0000

Achalli – Really, GREAT question. Totally agree w/Jack – in addition to being wishy/washy he had that ‘to be/not to be’ moment on the bridge (eventually deciding boarding 316 the nobler; at least he avoided the slings and flaming arrows.)

By June we’ll know if “All’s Well That Ends Well” or there was “Much Ado About Nothing”.

Sawyer – Laertes (wrt father’s death)

Richard – Falstaff … ‘cuz you just don’t know where he’ll pop up! (Though Hurley would be be the easy ‘type’ cast.)

Alex – Juliet
Desmond – Romeo
(but not in the same production – ewwww)

Smokie – Ghost of Hamlet’s Father

By: waycurious

waycurious — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:33:44 +0000

Andre7 – I was thinking the same thing.

Widmore – Richard III or Macbeth
Ben – Richard II or Henry IV
Jack – Hamlet

Sawyer – Julius Caesar (You too, Brutus)
Locke – Brutus

Hurley – Horatio
Penny – Portia (The quality of mercy is NOT strained when you’re waiting for a call EIGHT YEARS later. It wasn’t justice Des wanted, for sure.)

Rousseau – Kate (needs some taming) or Ophelia (really, get thee to a nunnery)

Jacob/MIB – the witches at beg. of Macbeth