08-29-2024, 11:39 PM
Has it really been since before the pandemic when we last went?
Once again, Hamlet (http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...6#pid23266) and once again, being the Cruz, there was some gender bending with both Polonius & Horacio played by women. That worked well. Hamlet was played by the new SCS director, who I liked in the role more than Stacy, but I felt he was lifting the quirky madness from Phoenix’s Joker, blended with a little Bono. The previous SCS director was the King, and he’s a decent Shakespearean thespian. Ophelia was good, especially when she went mad. Polonium stole the show, bringing out the ironic hypocritical humor in the role that I never noticed so overtly. Laertes was a weak link.
Set in 1960s US, that started out off for me but I settled into it later. Hamlet packed a switchblade with which he shanked Polonius, but they went to fencing sabers for Hamlet v Laertes. That didn’t quite work for me because of the usual quibbles. They saluted with their masks on. They left the tongues of their masks out. They used sabers instead of foils like it says in the script. The choreo was weak. The saber jackets had huge crests over the hearts. But the blood packs were copious so all the whites were stained after those ‘palpable’ hits.
We had front row seats with only the groundlings (picnic blanketers) in front of us. We had a great time. Got hot tea & chocolate at intermission early and got out as soon as it was over. Home in like 10 mins. The house was full but we moved faster than the crowd at every step.
I love Hamlet. That language just sings - so many iconic lines! I’m always left in awe of Willy’s brilliant prose, timeless tales & poetic meters. So many lines - universal truths really - just pop out and burrow into my brain over and over from this play.
Bravo SCS! So good to be back.
Once again, Hamlet (http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...6#pid23266) and once again, being the Cruz, there was some gender bending with both Polonius & Horacio played by women. That worked well. Hamlet was played by the new SCS director, who I liked in the role more than Stacy, but I felt he was lifting the quirky madness from Phoenix’s Joker, blended with a little Bono. The previous SCS director was the King, and he’s a decent Shakespearean thespian. Ophelia was good, especially when she went mad. Polonium stole the show, bringing out the ironic hypocritical humor in the role that I never noticed so overtly. Laertes was a weak link.
Set in 1960s US, that started out off for me but I settled into it later. Hamlet packed a switchblade with which he shanked Polonius, but they went to fencing sabers for Hamlet v Laertes. That didn’t quite work for me because of the usual quibbles. They saluted with their masks on. They left the tongues of their masks out. They used sabers instead of foils like it says in the script. The choreo was weak. The saber jackets had huge crests over the hearts. But the blood packs were copious so all the whites were stained after those ‘palpable’ hits.
We had front row seats with only the groundlings (picnic blanketers) in front of us. We had a great time. Got hot tea & chocolate at intermission early and got out as soon as it was over. Home in like 10 mins. The house was full but we moved faster than the crowd at every step.
I love Hamlet. That language just sings - so many iconic lines! I’m always left in awe of Willy’s brilliant prose, timeless tales & poetic meters. So many lines - universal truths really - just pop out and burrow into my brain over and over from this play.
Bravo SCS! So good to be back.
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