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Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:31:24 +0000http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1By: dolgo
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dolgoFri, 07 Sep 2007 06:32:44 +0000http://inacentaur.com/hamletblog/2007/09/04/globe-place-and-time/#comment-4This is really great. The date is wrong. It was probably 1603, but I'm nitpicking. I would love to see all this going on outside and inside our theatre. But what about most of the audience? Are they ready for this? I think they would have to have read all the things that we have talked about or they would not really not enjoy the nitty gritty facts of Elizabethan daily life.
The basic question is this: What would be the best experience for our audience? I, for one, never read the program until the end of the first part of the play. Why? Because I think that you should not have to read an essay to understand a theatrical production! The meaning of the production should be contained as much as possible in the action that goes on on stage.
Yeah, yeah, I know! I've been doing the pedant thing a lot. That's because WE should know all the possibilities. But a presentation of the uncertainties and ambiguities we see in the play after careful study should not be presented to the audience, or they will be confused and unhappy.
I repeat what I said before, however. Let's be brilliant, NOT gimmicky. Theatre should, among other things, take over the audience and twist their guts and blow their minds. The audience should think, of course. This is a play though, that for me, is totally awesome. Every time I read it or see it I get completely knocked over yet again. It's kind of like the study of the human brain or the secrets of the universe. Every time we think we understand something new, yet another question emerges. I LOVE this play dearly--more than anything I've ever encountered in my life. I say we go out there and give 'em hell!!!
DolgoThis is really great. The date is wrong. It was probably 1603, but I’m nitpicking. I would love to see all this going on outside and inside our theatre. But what about most of the audience? Are they ready for this? I think they would have to have read all the things that we have talked about or they would not really not enjoy the nitty gritty facts of Elizabethan daily life.
The basic question is this: What would be the best experience for our audience? I, for one, never read the program until the end of the first part of the play. Why? Because I think that you should not have to read an essay to understand a theatrical production! The meaning of the production should be contained as much as possible in the action that goes on on stage.
Yeah, yeah, I know! I’ve been doing the pedant thing a lot. That’s because WE should know all the possibilities. But a presentation of the uncertainties and ambiguities we see in the play after careful study should not be presented to the audience, or they will be confused and unhappy.
I repeat what I said before, however. Let’s be brilliant, NOT gimmicky. Theatre should, among other things, take over the audience and twist their guts and blow their minds. The audience should think, of course. This is a play though, that for me, is totally awesome. Every time I read it or see it I get completely knocked over yet again. It’s kind of like the study of the human brain or the secrets of the universe. Every time we think we understand something new, yet another question emerges. I LOVE this play dearly–more than anything I’ve ever encountered in my life. I say we go out there and give ‘em hell!!!
Dolgo
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http://inacentaur.com/hamletblog/2007/09/04/globe-place-and-time/#comment-3
inaWed, 05 Sep 2007 06:58:13 +0000http://inacentaur.com/hamletblog/2007/09/04/globe-place-and-time/#comment-3and now, we are just waiting for the play to begin!and now, we are just waiting for the play to begin!
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