2 LIVE POLLS: Best Shakespearean-Trained British Movie & TV Stars

@dan_dassow​,

Yes, I will be able to edit the intro for length fairly quickly, as I plan to be up very late already? But, unless IMDb has lowered the threshold from before, I don't think it is pushing the limit at under 2500 characters including the hidden text from coding. I just lengthened the third paragraph, so I can probably save 400 characters there and get the total count under 2000.

@dan_dassow​,

I was able to clean it up without really losing anything and get to 255 words and 2282 characters in total including the hidden coding to hopefully have more of a buffer against the poll tool limit. 

Going forward, I will keep every introduction under a hard limit 2500 characters including code and do a count prior. This will be a good test, so we can determine what the limit really is. Ideally, I try to let the subject determine the length, but I would say between 1000 to 2000 characters for something with an introduction is my target.

@Peter_pbn​ I based his inclusion on his being listed under the category: English male Shakespearean actors on Wikipedia. But, I agree, I think he doesn't have enough credits to qualify for the label. Plus, I have so many unlisted options that are more qualifying. I removed him from the answer pool. 

@Peter_pbn​, I replaced Jude Law with Brian Cox.

@urbanemovies​ 

The Wikipedia list isn't only a list of Shakespearean-trained actors, but also actors who have just done Shakespeare at some point.

@Peter_pbn​ The Wikipedia list is for those labeled "British Shakespeareans". I also used a list of members of the Royal Shakespeare Theater Company for leads to list. I did double-check any those that I found to be surprising and did not include those I found to have a single or two credits only (i.e. Haley Atwell, etc.). It doesn't make a difference to me, if your Shakespeare training happened early in life or latter in life. 

I tried to set the bar higher than Wikipedia, but I guess you could call yourself Shakespearean-trained with a single performance. Ideally, I was looking for actors who performed in three or more Shakespeare works over a short period or as a course of study or in-residence (i.e. Paul Bettany). I also realize that their acting credits posted on-line may not include those done in secondary school or college, as well as, includes all their stage, radio and youth theater credits. So, I think many of these performers have unlisted ones that make their case for inclusion even stronger. I also used media articles with lists of the best Shakespearean as a source for leads too.

Frankly, I would surprised if a career actor could go a lifetime and not perform in at least one work of Shakepeare let alone three.

@Pencho15​ Will do.

@Pencho15​ Try it now. I dropped another 500 characters from the text to get down to 1795, it is 22% shorter in length from the latest version.

@urbanemovies​ Done

@urbanemovies​ Just noticed the actors list has actresses in the question instead of actors, if you can correct it now I'll repush it right away.

@Pencho15​ Sorry, I was focused on fixing the gender text in the paragraph and missed the question fix. It is fixed in both spots now.

@urbanemovies​ Thanks, re-push done

@Pencho15​ Nice catch, sorry for the extra work. Thanks

@Pencho15​ Thanks, for the extra help.

FYI, I pared down the text in the Best Shakespearean-Trained British Movie & TV Actress list, as well to 1946 characters with a companion poll hyperlink. So, that list shouldn't be a problem, if and when it is needed.

@urbanemovies​ 

Correction:

Many extol the virtue of such an approach, which both fine-tunes their existing talents and elevates them by developing new skill sets.

@Peter_pbn​ Thanks, correction made on both versions.

@dan_dassow​ Thanks,

It looks like the IMDb poll limit is somewhere between 1946 and 2282 characters for the poll creator tool, based the lowest declined and highest approved poll text over the past two days.

I am going to hazard a guess, it is allows for 2000 characters as the maximum allowable characters of text. FYC, you could suggest poll makers pre-count thier poll length for polls you think are pushing that limit to avoid the extra work, as well as, avoid delays in posting their polls. I have been using the character counter @ this website.