Shakespeare

[deborah_c]

Just back from a lovely evening reading A Midsummer Night's Dream with the_alchemist, elise and strongtrousers. Not (I have to admit rather to my shame) a play I knew properly beforehand, but lots of fun, a relaxing evening, and wonderful company. Unfortunately, I'm now rather drunk, so a proper update will (once again) have to wait for (probably much) later... Thank you, anyway, Catriona.

Comments

[little-cinnamon.livejournal.com]

Very cool! Dimitra and I are thinking of going to an open-air production of it tonight. *random huggage*

[deborah_c]

It was very cool, yes :-) And, for the most part open-air as well, in Catriona's garden. Then in Catriona's garden with candles, until we finally admitted to ourselves that being able actually to read the last scene might be helpful, and went inside a little after 11...

*hugs* How's the arm coming along?

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Reading Shakespeare with friends (and optional alcohol) is one of those things I often think would be a wonderful idea but can't quite see ever happening...so maybe I'm just being a pseud.

I reread Antony Sher's "Year of the King" recently, about his 1983 Richard III, and it rekindled the interest...

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

Yay! Year of the King is the best thing ever! And reading Shakespeare with friends and optional alcohol is the best thing ever too.

[deborah_c]

Fortunately I have friends who are dynamic and enthusiastic about this kind of thing, and who equally fortunately are prepared to put up with my rather feeble acting talents :-)

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Feeble isn't what I hear...:)

The bottled spider

[highstone.livejournal.com]

I thought the Richard III of AS was in 1984, (sorry to be pedantic). I remember grabbing (and paying for) this book when it came out the year after I saw it in Stratford.

The book came out in 1985 when I was at summer school, and I was soon reading it at a rate of knots - despite being there to study neither Shakespeare or Richard III. Mr Sher's performance was quite a phenomenon, a radiation of manic energy and violence.