![]() ![]() ![]() This new production from the National Theatre – a TV film recorded in a theatre and making use of both theatrical and filmic elements – opens in a “rehearsal room” set where the actors sit together to hear the prologue, in imitation of a table read. Rather than the choices made by the play’s characters, or even its author, it’s the choices of actors, directors, and producers which are at stake when it is performed today. As a reviewer, too, there’s little purpose in assessing the narrative content of Shakespeare’s text, of wondering whether Juliet perhaps should have run away with Romeo, thus saving a considerable amount of fuss and a fair few lives. It’s been done a million times over, so if you’re going to make a Romeo and Juliet there’s pretty much no point playing by the book. It’s an ingrained cultural touchstone, quoted and misquoted everywhere, somehow a pinnacle of romance despite the fact that it’s about a relationship that lasts less than a week and the play leaves bodies strewn across the stage. The story of “Juliet and her Romeo” is the best-known of all Shakespeare’s plays. In a sentence: Light on Shakespeare’s script but big on visual appeal, this dynamic production brings the romantic tragedy to the small screen in a contemporary-feeling adaptation. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |