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Aka Day 39 of the Homebound Saga
Today is when Shakespeare’s Birthday is celebrated.
Tonight, the Social Distancing Players are doing a reading of Romeo and Juliet: the Flying Implements of Doom Edition. You can find more information at Shakespeare Approves. Before that they are doing a discussion about Shakespeare beforehand.
If you care to see my coffee break with Shakespeare, you can find it here. We had a lot of silly fun with puppets.
My first encounter with Shakespeare was reading Romeo and Juliet in school and then seeing the Zeffirelli film. I watched the entire BBC run of Shakespeare when it was originally aired. There were a lot of solid performances in there. I loved Branagh’s Henry the Fifth.
I saw Shakespeare performed live around Atlanta and in London.
Once I became a stage manager, I started to collect my Shakespeare plays. Looking back, I find it interesting that I have more tragedies and historical plays under my belt than the comedies. I have completed my War of the Roses over 20 years.
I love stage managing Shakespeare. There are challenges with each play, and it can be fascinating to see the actors and directors figure out how they are going to approach those. The audience has some idea what to expect because the text is out there. I have seen people bring the play with them and follow along with the actors.
The Folger Library editions are my preferred reading for the plays of Shakespeare. I love the annotation in them.
So, today’s toast is to the Bard.
I am grateful for the Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern and Jeff Watkins.
Today is when Shakespeare’s Birthday is celebrated.
Tonight, the Social Distancing Players are doing a reading of Romeo and Juliet: the Flying Implements of Doom Edition. You can find more information at Shakespeare Approves. Before that they are doing a discussion about Shakespeare beforehand.
If you care to see my coffee break with Shakespeare, you can find it here. We had a lot of silly fun with puppets.
My first encounter with Shakespeare was reading Romeo and Juliet in school and then seeing the Zeffirelli film. I watched the entire BBC run of Shakespeare when it was originally aired. There were a lot of solid performances in there. I loved Branagh’s Henry the Fifth.
I saw Shakespeare performed live around Atlanta and in London.
Once I became a stage manager, I started to collect my Shakespeare plays. Looking back, I find it interesting that I have more tragedies and historical plays under my belt than the comedies. I have completed my War of the Roses over 20 years.
I love stage managing Shakespeare. There are challenges with each play, and it can be fascinating to see the actors and directors figure out how they are going to approach those. The audience has some idea what to expect because the text is out there. I have seen people bring the play with them and follow along with the actors.
The Folger Library editions are my preferred reading for the plays of Shakespeare. I love the annotation in them.
So, today’s toast is to the Bard.
I am grateful for the Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern and Jeff Watkins.
