AK Haart has a post which reminds me of visiting Stratford-on-Avon to see a production of our 'O' Level set play, Julius Caesar, in 1964.
One comment mentioned that the place was excellent until the woke brigade got involved, and that he doesn't go there now, and I can agree with that!
In the theatre, when we arrived at our seats - after a few illicit pints, all we could see was a sort of gloomy concrete ramp leading down to a basement, and a similar ramp leading up to a platform a few feet above. The curtain was open.
So the play started, and we knew some of the words too... Roy Dotrice was Caesar, and dressed in pure white with similar make-up, and looked like a ghost, while the others didn't look much better!
Now, I'm never going to be an expert in plays, and this production was probably the one which made me decide that there were more interesting productions to watch in future. It was very disappointing really, especially as we all knew what was going to happen in the end! Yes, I suppose the acting was good, but as all you could see was a sort of mausoleum set, which echoed the shuffling feet and the odd stabbing noise, there wasn't much else to keep one's interest.
I failed English Lit...
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Have you seen the RSC's brochure for this season? Straight-up Shakespeare just won't do, he needs help...
Thanks for the link, we're never sure what we'll get from any theatre production. Will it be straightforward or pretentious? It's not encouraging but we still go every now and then.
I see the higher class of Scriblerus visitor has rocked up at Scrobs.
Reimagined Shakespeare? Reimagined Snow White? No thanks.
And yet we've been three times to Rugby theatre from our new retirement address near Daventry and each show was excellent!
I'm afraid not Sackers...
My two girls both had to do plays by Shakespeare, and neither of them - or their chums were much enamoured...
I think they rather wanted it to be an interesting play!
Good for you AK!
If the awful BBC had accepted my hilarious script some years ago, the world would have been a happier place, and I'd be in the HoLords or somewhere.
But it didn't...
James, we can only wish for more of the incessant good work from Scribbles...
I'm sorry to read about Grandad though, it hurts me too.
Tammly, I bow to your views on something like escapism, and have to confess that the last time we went to any paid entertainment at all was the film 'Philomena' in our local Kino cinema!
I do however, subscribe to Prime, and can now remember a few names of actors...
Yes, it's sad about him.
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