Chandru Murthi enjoyed last night's unusual, and experimental performance of Macbeth at the Old Stone House. It will be playing there again tonight and he urges you to go. Here's an excerpt. Go to Seeing Green for the rest and a picture.
I'm somewhat
of a Shakespeare purist at heart, so I approached the Old
Stone House (, where I was to see "Dzeici Makbet" ("a
Wicked Work in Progress") last night with some trepidation. But from
the very enthusiastic reception I got at the entrance, being greeted by cast
members, to the thoroughly enjoyable hour-and-a-quarter of the show, I'm glad I
my fears were far from coming true.
of a Shakespeare purist at heart, so I approached the Old
Stone House (, where I was to see "Dzeici Makbet" ("a
Wicked Work in Progress") last night with some trepidation. But from
the very enthusiastic reception I got at the entrance, being greeted by cast
members, to the thoroughly enjoyable hour-and-a-quarter of the show, I'm glad I
my fears were far from coming true.
To give you an idea of what the performance was like,
consider these points:
Instead of a program with the usual notes on the actors and
the obligatory notice praising Actor's Equity, we're handed a "Rules of
Engagement…" which says, among several points, that all Actor must know
the entire text, and that each is "encouraged to play a Witch, Makbet
(Macbeth), and Lady Makbet at least once per enactment."