Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Macbeth
Pittsburgh City Paper - Pittsburgh: "This is the time of year for witches, ghosts and bloody hands in dark shadows. A perfect time for someone clever to make Shakespeare's Macbeth a spooky Halloween experience. Alas, director Lofty Durham has not done that, in what looks like a straightforward version for Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks."
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This article led me to wonder whether or not the script was cut for the performance. Cutting can be really key to a good Shaksepeare production, especially where audience understanding is a concern.
It sounds like a lot of the problems with this show could have been avoided (besides the acting stuff). They could have easily cast a less confusing show, determined the location/set and the time of day the performance took place during. There's nothing wrong with straight Shakespeare when its acted well because the lines and characters carry the plot themselves. But it sounds like in this case they needed some help.
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