Jan 30 2015
The Tempest part Deux, and more upcoming Shakespeare-related theatre
STC was kind enough to invite me to attend their magnificent production of The Tempest a second time. Sketches below!
Next up for STC are The Metromaniacs, a “rediscovered French comedy masterpiece” from 1738, translated/adapted by David Ives, and David Greig’s Dunsinane, a sequel to Macbeth, produced the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company.
Also the Folger is doing Mary Stuart, about the power struggle between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.
Tempest sketches part two (part one here) —
Prospero’s final monologue is especially powerful in this production. Here it is in its entirety:
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