Sorry, Splott Man- I have just re-read your first post. My own comments were not meant to be directed against yours in particular !

That's the thing about interpreting plays and characters for the stage/screen - even when they were originally written as plays, and even more so when they are adaptations of novels - there are many, many ways of staging them, and especially if the story or the characters or previous actors who have played the part are well loved and fondly remembered, it is a thankless task to try and please all of the people all of the time.

As a for instance, I'm looking forward to seeing Zoe Wanamaker and Simon Russell-Beale in "Much Ado" - far more 'elderly' for the parts than is usually cast, and I know that eyebrows must have been raised, but by all accounts, their age brings a whole new perspective on the play. Apparently, they also wear mixed period costume - some modern, some Elizabethan. Not sure what to think about that until I've seen it.

- jeanie