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So.
Last night Paul and I went to see A Midsummer's Night's Dream at carleton.
The Rude Mechanicals were awesome. :-) Bottom, of course, was particularly good, but then he has to be. ;-)
Puck was *excellent*.
The music, of course, was delightful (as were the dancing fairies), although I think I would have gone with something like 'Walking in the Air' for the house blessing scene, rather than the piece they chose.
The way the sets were changed was fun, fairies creeping up and nicking things, that sort of thing.
I quite enjoyed Hypolita and Thesius. Thesius, even though he missed a word here and there, still delivered everything as though he actually understood what he was saying. And *I* understood what he was saying, which (unfotunately) wasn't the case with some of the other cast members.
Hypolita was adorable. And delivered her lines even better than Thesius did his. I don't think she missed a beat, and everthing was spoken with enough clarity (even with the Long g'Island accent) that dealing with Shakespearean English was easy. :-)
I confess, however, that I was somewhat disappointed with the four lovers.
Mostly, they just needed to (A) slow down a bit, and (B) cut out the yelling.
Yes, there was a lot of yelling.
While, during the Hermia vs Hellena fight scene -- which was very well choriographed, by the way -- a lot of yelling is appropriate, it isn't *always* appropriate. A little subtlty, a little nuance... that would have been nice. And it probably would have made their words a little easier to make out, as well. :-)
That said, the play was quite enjoyable, and I'm glad that we went. :-)
That's something I was thinking about a bit yesterday. The idea that live entertainment -- or at least live, non rock-concert, entertainment -- is somehow rarified.
The Masses go to the movies. You only go to the theatre if you're rich and/or snobby.
Which is wierd.
I mean, the play last night was $12/person ($8 for students). Which is about what you'd pay to see something at South Keys on a Friday night (roughly). The Fringe Festival costs less than that. So it's not like it's prohibitively expensive.
Anyway. Just something that crossed my mind, that I thought I'd spout about on Ye Olde LJ. :-)
In other news: Yesterday, I made cranberry scones. They're okay. I used craisins for the cranberries, and they're a little dry. I think they need some work. :-)
I didn't get a lot of writing done yesterday, so I'm a bit behind where I want to be. (By about 3000 words).
So, I'm off to try and write some more stuff. :-)
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)
Last night Paul and I went to see A Midsummer's Night's Dream at carleton.
The Rude Mechanicals were awesome. :-) Bottom, of course, was particularly good, but then he has to be. ;-)
Puck was *excellent*.
The music, of course, was delightful (as were the dancing fairies), although I think I would have gone with something like 'Walking in the Air' for the house blessing scene, rather than the piece they chose.
The way the sets were changed was fun, fairies creeping up and nicking things, that sort of thing.
I quite enjoyed Hypolita and Thesius. Thesius, even though he missed a word here and there, still delivered everything as though he actually understood what he was saying. And *I* understood what he was saying, which (unfotunately) wasn't the case with some of the other cast members.
Hypolita was adorable. And delivered her lines even better than Thesius did his. I don't think she missed a beat, and everthing was spoken with enough clarity (even with the Long g'Island accent) that dealing with Shakespearean English was easy. :-)
I confess, however, that I was somewhat disappointed with the four lovers.
Mostly, they just needed to (A) slow down a bit, and (B) cut out the yelling.
Yes, there was a lot of yelling.
While, during the Hermia vs Hellena fight scene -- which was very well choriographed, by the way -- a lot of yelling is appropriate, it isn't *always* appropriate. A little subtlty, a little nuance... that would have been nice. And it probably would have made their words a little easier to make out, as well. :-)
That said, the play was quite enjoyable, and I'm glad that we went. :-)
That's something I was thinking about a bit yesterday. The idea that live entertainment -- or at least live, non rock-concert, entertainment -- is somehow rarified.
The Masses go to the movies. You only go to the theatre if you're rich and/or snobby.
Which is wierd.
I mean, the play last night was $12/person ($8 for students). Which is about what you'd pay to see something at South Keys on a Friday night (roughly). The Fringe Festival costs less than that. So it's not like it's prohibitively expensive.
Anyway. Just something that crossed my mind, that I thought I'd spout about on Ye Olde LJ. :-)
In other news: Yesterday, I made cranberry scones. They're okay. I used craisins for the cranberries, and they're a little dry. I think they need some work. :-)
I didn't get a lot of writing done yesterday, so I'm a bit behind where I want to be. (By about 3000 words).
So, I'm off to try and write some more stuff. :-)
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)
