Distilling Shakespeare
Today I got an email from the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, and read it excitedly. Having recently missed a lecture night on King Lear of theirs, because it was obscenely expensive, I was hoping their next performance would be a little more accessible.
Careful what you wish for.
I decided to create a piece that could travel to these schools and would also be of the highest quality. This led to the current one-hour adaptation of the script with three actors.
It is a thrilling distillation of the play and allows for an intense psychological excavation of Macbeths’ consciousness. It is like placing a spotlight on the essential elements of the story, thereby revealing the essence of the play.
No thanks.
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