Macbeth! (the musical)
Mar. 17th, 2002 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidwell, not really. there was a lot of music, though no actual songs. the 3 witches were pretty much onstage all the time, if only in one of the many niches (a cool white set that allowed many points for arrivals & departures), often beating on some percussion instrument, a drum, or a tambourine. they also used castanets, clackers, and anklets of bells. all were in fluttery yet edgy white costumes, with rather extreme white and black makeup. they also did many of the bit parts in the play.
the production was really good; quite different fom jason's (director) production last year (completely different cast & audience). interesting to see how he sees the play.
other than the witches omnipresence, it was a fairly straight performance, not set in another time/place. and i was glad prog and treacle_well (& 2 other non-lj users (yes, there still are some!) enjoyed the play as well.
as usual, i am left wondering if the witches' prognostications would've come about had he not started on his path of regicide. and wondering about lady macbeth's upbringing- he wouldn't have done it w/o her goading. and of course i find it ironic that macduff's being born in some sort of c-section situation makes him "not of woman born" ... macbeth would have a hard time these days...
the production was really good; quite different fom jason's (director) production last year (completely different cast & audience). interesting to see how he sees the play.
other than the witches omnipresence, it was a fairly straight performance, not set in another time/place. and i was glad prog and treacle_well (& 2 other non-lj users (yes, there still are some!) enjoyed the play as well.
as usual, i am left wondering if the witches' prognostications would've come about had he not started on his path of regicide. and wondering about lady macbeth's upbringing- he wouldn't have done it w/o her goading. and of course i find it ironic that macduff's being born in some sort of c-section situation makes him "not of woman born" ... macbeth would have a hard time these days...
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Date: 2002-03-17 07:55 pm (UTC)