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purecherry

Last Night

Jul 29, 2009 07:18

Mark and I went to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona last night. They did that show in 2001, the first year I worked there, and I have a soft spot for it, despite it not being one of his best plays.

No one ever does Shakespeare straight anymore, and it’s very rare that I am surprised by how a director ( Read more... )

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corinthia July 29 2009, 13:59:23 UTC

No one ever does Shakespeare straight anymore,

Which I think is so very unfortunate.

internaldelight July 29 2009, 14:16:35 UTC

Sometimes setting the objections aside like that is a very hard thing to do...."That's NOT the way it really happens!!!!!!" I'm impressed that you could do it.

purecherry July 29 2009, 15:17:42 UTC

I still spent about thirty minutes after the play telling Mark everything that was inaccurate :)

internaldelight July 29 2009, 16:50:35 UTC

Yeah, I do that with movies and TV shows that take place in a theatre....I usually get a "it's just a movie" look from Austin.

purecherry July 29 2009, 18:11:22 UTC

Mark was very patient. He just mentioned that he didn't know enough about the theater or Shakespeare to really comment other than to say that he liked it. He did say he didn't mind listening to my comments, though.

jerseydarkangel July 29 2009, 14:24:18 UTC

I'm excited to hear about your experiences seeing shows. I need to do more of that. Thanks for such a thorough review. :)