Monday, August 31, 2015

Richard II (Act III, scene ii)


Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Maxine Peake as Hamlet and Ophelia


It is a mark of the boldness and versatility of Maxine Peake that she is one of the few actors to have played both Ophelia and Hamlet in productions of Shakespeare’s Danish tragedy.
Reference: Bold, versatile and fiercely democratic: An ode to Maxine Peake.

Monday, August 17, 2015

"Star-crossed" literary lines



Very good video. That opening sonnet in "Romeo and Juliet" is a lyrical overview of the play, and makes clear that "star-crossed" means ill-fated.
 

Friday, August 7, 2015

Hamlet (3) Globe to Globe in Rwanda


Actresses Miranda Foster & Jennifer Leong reflect on what the need to move the Globe to Globe Hamlet show outdoors, due to power cuts, meant to the people of Rwanda.
They're not allowed to congregate in public places. There are signs saying "No Loitering," and people get arrested if they literally hang out in public together. But because we were doing our show, everybody could hang out and be together.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Hamlet (2) Globe to Globe in Rwanda


Actor Naeem Hayat reflects on what it was like to be part of the audience in Butare, Rwanda where the play needed to have a sudden move of venue.

The scene with Yorick, for example, when the gravedigger brings out the skull, the human skull means something totally different in Rwanda than it does to us. For me, there was a definite moment, a palpable moment of recognizing that.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Hamlet (1) Globe to Globe in Sudan


Actress Phoebe Fildes talks about her experience performing in Khartoum, Sudan where the show was free and nearly 5,000 people attended.
For it to be received as it was, with such enthusiasm and joy, really, was really incredible, because we all expected it to be the opposite.