Whoo! All part of my quest to re-narrate Valentine's Day as tragic rather than romantic.
MACBETH
* BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
* CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE
* DIRECTED BY RUPERT GOOLD
Feb 12*—Mar 22
Tue—Fri at 7:30pm
Sat at 2pm & 7:30pm
Sun at 3pm
*Macbeth: The Benefit, to support BAM. Performance starts at 8pm.
BAM Harvey Theater
Running Time: 180min with intermission
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Patrick Stewart boldly reasserts his reputation as one of the great Shakespearean actors of our time in a commanding performance as Macbeth. Fresh from their landmark UK production of The Tempest, Stewart reunites with rising star director Rupert Goold in the harrowing study of the seductive nature of power that was the sold-out, must-see event of the summer in its Chichester Festival Theatre debut. Set in an industrial chamber that is equally military hospital ward, kitchen, torture chamber, and abattoir, Goold's eerily modern Macbeth rings with the echoes of Stalinist terror. Macbeth is a decorated and loyal war hero, but loyalty only goes so far when greatness and history beckon and murder is only a matter of military coups and secret assassinations. Stewart's genius is to reveal Macbeth as a moral man turned ruthless paranoid, one who understands exactly what he's gaining—and what he's losing—as he coldly disposes of the friends and family who stand in the way of his irrepressible ambition.
1 comments:
BAM continues to bring the hotness! No doubt that it's tragic, but I think that Macbeth and his Lady are actually a pretty interesting interpretation of love...not young, hot, butterflies-in-your-stomach love, but solid, married, ride-or-die love. Like a more mature version of Romeo and Juliet, maybe? Check how he sends the letter ahead to her about the Weird sister's predictions, how intimately they discuss and plan, how well they know each other's strengths and weaknesses. They're definitely a team, until Macbeth starts making moves on his own. And Lady M's madness, which has a lot to do with her guilty conscience, might also have something to do with their separation as the play progresses. Just my thoughts...I spent almost all of last semester on Macbeth, so I have many thoughts...but as far as V-Day goes, I'm sure it's one of your least romantic options. :)
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