08-27-2017, 07:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2017, 07:43 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Two Gentleman of Verona is one that I didnt really know. It feels incomplete, like Willy was trying to make deadline and bailed on the end. The story has so many trappings of the bard, the wittiness, complexity, great wisdom, eloquence can, cross dressing and that incredible rhyming meter. And yet the conclusion is abrupt and unsatisfactory. Proteus is such a cad. Julia shouldn't forgive him. That feels unjust, not like Shylock or Kate as that was anti-Semitic and misogyny of the day, just unresolved completely.
The dog Crab stole the show. Everyone was disappointed that the dog didn't come out for the curtain call bow. Good comedic performances, especially by the manservants. Didn't understand the milkman bit - I'll have to read the script for that.
SCS set this in the 1920s - anachronism is their style. That sort of worked. It wa foggy but we were prepared this time. It was the whole family plus Tara's bf Alex. Students were free with an adult ticket purchase and we sat on the tanbark on a blanket, very close to stage left.
The dog Crab stole the show. Everyone was disappointed that the dog didn't come out for the curtain call bow. Good comedic performances, especially by the manservants. Didn't understand the milkman bit - I'll have to read the script for that.
SCS set this in the 1920s - anachronism is their style. That sort of worked. It wa foggy but we were prepared this time. It was the whole family plus Tara's bf Alex. Students were free with an adult ticket purchase and we sat on the tanbark on a blanket, very close to stage left.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse