The production used RSC actors who engaged with the audience as well each other, performing not from a traditional script but a "Grid" developed by the Mudlark production team and writers Tim Wright and Bethan Marlow. The performers also make use of other media sites such as YouTube for ...
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delicate fury all her own. The script’s preserved Elizabethan language is at first hard to swallow amid towering skyscrapers and pill-popping gangs (see the film’s opening sequence, a spaghetti western-style gas station brawl), but is decoded via clever branding (guns are named “Longsword”...
Another significant point: the Chorus's reference to the suicide-death of Romeo and Juliet, in the line 'A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life',has been retained. Both Shakespeare and Luhrman seem to have sacrificed what could have been an important source of suspense in the story:...
"Directing Shakespeare's " details the process of an MFA Stage Directing Candidate in her process of directing the Shakespearean classic . Research methodology, analytical process, script emendation, and performance approach are all detailed. My work with actors, designers, and other collaborators is...
In Lecture 9: Sex and Genderbending, we learned that Crossdressing was written into the script to tackle the issue of “Performing” masculinity in the play. Genderbending was an occasional theme in Shakespeare’s plays. This film tells the story of Rosalind, who disguises herself as a man ...
Harold Perrineau plays Mercutio with a fire in his eyes, like he poured over the script and accurately pinpointed which words needed more emphasis, and where he could embellish with gestures and intonation. John Leguizamo is also electrifying as Tybalt, grasping the over-the-top antagonism of ...
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Lord Capulet (Johnny Lee Davenport) fell backstage and was carted off to the hospital for stitches forcing Jim Helsinger to robe up and finish the role script in hand. I believe Mr. Davenport will be back soon, but I heard the thud way up in back by the sound booth. “Besides this ...
"I wanted something more understandable. I found [Richmond's] script and loved it...The translation manages to maintain Shakespeare's brilliant form and rhythm." —Shauna Huff, director ofRomeo and Juliet: A Verse Translation, Jonathan Alder High School ...