07-28-2019, 10:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2019, 06:32 PM by Drunk Monk.)
Pride & Prejudice - Santa Cruz Shakespeare - 7/27/19
We had seats in the front row of the newly built seats as the SCS continues to grow. We are members now.
This play version of P&P is a comic farce and yet loyal to the source material. What made this performance special was that several actors took on dual (and a tri-al) roles - Bingham=Mary, Mr. Bennet=Charlotte, Collins=Wickham=Caroline Bingley, Lydia=Catherine De Bourgh. The staging for that led to lots of comic cross-dressing. Extra points to Collin=Wickham=Caroline who was so good that we didn't quite put together he was in three roles until after. Stacy made a lovely picnic basket, which is tradition for the SCS groundlings - bring wine & snacks.
The downside was that I suffered a wicked allergy attack during the show. I had taken a sense-dep float the day before, and aggravated my left eye with the salt, then rubbed it just prior to the show with some arnica essential oil that I've been using on my busted wrist, which triggered a reaction that brought on a full on debilitating attack where I had to wash out my eyes before and after and during intermission. I've been slack with my qigong since the TC office move - I don't have the luxurious privacy I did in the mornings like before and haven't figured out how to replace it - and was anticipating an attack. It was a major bummer but I still enjoyed the show.
We had seats in the front row of the newly built seats as the SCS continues to grow. We are members now.
This play version of P&P is a comic farce and yet loyal to the source material. What made this performance special was that several actors took on dual (and a tri-al) roles - Bingham=Mary, Mr. Bennet=Charlotte, Collins=Wickham=Caroline Bingley, Lydia=Catherine De Bourgh. The staging for that led to lots of comic cross-dressing. Extra points to Collin=Wickham=Caroline who was so good that we didn't quite put together he was in three roles until after. Stacy made a lovely picnic basket, which is tradition for the SCS groundlings - bring wine & snacks.
The downside was that I suffered a wicked allergy attack during the show. I had taken a sense-dep float the day before, and aggravated my left eye with the salt, then rubbed it just prior to the show with some arnica essential oil that I've been using on my busted wrist, which triggered a reaction that brought on a full on debilitating attack where I had to wash out my eyes before and after and during intermission. I've been slack with my qigong since the TC office move - I don't have the luxurious privacy I did in the mornings like before and haven't figured out how to replace it - and was anticipating an attack. It was a major bummer but I still enjoyed the show.
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