Posts filed under “theatre”.
Peer Gynt
The main thing in life is to fill one’s belly. Peer Gynt. With Peer Gynt things are progressing very slowly and finishing in the autumn is out of the question. It is a terribly intractable subject, except in some places, such as where Solveig sings, which I have already completed. And then I have produced [...]
Yo-Yo Ma plays; Lil Buck breakdancing
Some guys having fun with grace and elegance:
Marilyn Munroe and the Actors Studio
Marilyn was introduced to Lee Strasberg early in 1955. Strasberg had been the artistic director of the Actors Studio since 1948 and was principally known for the Method, an approach to the art of acting based on the teachings of Konstantin Stanislavsky. Marilyn Munroe was deeply concerned with her identity throughout her life. Babtised as [...]
Romeo and Juliet
Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man. Mercutio. In the original story, the lovers’ affair lasted for several months. But Shakespeare compressed the plot into a period of less than four days. The action opens on Sunday morning and ends at dawn on the following Thursday. Everything happens in a [...]
The Comedy of Errors
“I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me…” We were at the Royal Exchange in Manchester to see Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors directed by Roxana Silbert. Some years ago, Egeon, his wife Aemilia, their twin sons and twin servants were shipwrecked. Egeon, one son and one servant were separated from the rest and [...]
