tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post4949508027639737697..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Secondlings of my MindBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-26895913737147561302008-08-22T17:58:00.000-07:002008-08-22T17:58:00.000-07:00Two recent Macbeth sitings come to mind -One is th...Two recent Macbeth sitings come to mind -<BR/><BR/>One is the recent production on Broadway with Patrick Stewart - terrifyingly amazing. <BR/><BR/>The other is season two of Slings and Arrows (have I already told you about this amazing Canadian series about a Shakespeare production company?) where they put on Macbeth and Geoffrey has to deal with both Banquo's Ghost and Oliver's ghost at the same time. (You can see it on you tube or rent it on net flix)<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine any kid being able to pull off much of this play - it's themes are so adult, and kids have had so little life experience to draw on. Fortunately, for them there's always Midsummer Night's Dream....Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-15989424777285266692008-08-17T19:42:00.000-07:002008-08-17T19:42:00.000-07:00huh, this got me thinking. I think the raw ambiti...huh, this got me thinking. I think the raw ambition in Macbeth, and the willingness to go to any lengths to get their are more a younger person's perspective than not. I really haven't thought hard about Macbeth for ages, but of all of the Shakespeare I read when I was younger, Macbeth was the easiest for me to throw myself into.Coffee-Drinking Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029304444311098520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-80343053051739961882008-08-17T16:57:00.000-07:002008-08-17T16:57:00.000-07:00to be fair, grief is not tolerated or recognized w...to be fair, grief is not tolerated or recognized well in our modern culture. it is seen as a weakness. many companies give 3 days off for "bereavement," and that's barely time to manage basic arrangements, much less emotions. and not all our emotions upon death of a close family member are of the hallmark variety, but that may be the only variety available to young actors.<BR/><BR/>even as an english major, i could love tiny bits of shakespeare but be confounded with reading and really understanding a whole play. the language is hard to decode on paper, even if his themes are so wonderful.<BR/><BR/>it makes so much difference seeing actors performing his works. and another magnitude of difference, being somehow involved in a production. my only direct experience with a shakesperian play was costuming for a middle school production of midsummer night's dream. it was pushing their talents as 12-13 year-olds, but that is a forgiving play, very funny to see. the best part was watching the students wake up to their roles, begin to understand stepping into a character's shoes.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com