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Richard lll
Aug. 19th, 2015 03:52 pmI've just been to a one-woman performance of Richard lll. How does one woman perform a play with such a large cast? By enrolling the audience as dumb extras! (I was Lord Hastings.)
It was a very chilling performance, but also full of humour - this was a Richard who takes selfies (when looking upon a glass) and receives messages by text rather than messenger, and who relished killing his audience.
Performed in the very apt surroundings of a side-chapel in a church, it was a very personal performance, too - the actor was never more than eight feet from the audience. She looked into your eyes as Richard schemed and killed.
A very engaging, witty and disquieting piece of Shakespearean drama.
It was a very chilling performance, but also full of humour - this was a Richard who takes selfies (when looking upon a glass) and receives messages by text rather than messenger, and who relished killing his audience.
Performed in the very apt surroundings of a side-chapel in a church, it was a very personal performance, too - the actor was never more than eight feet from the audience. She looked into your eyes as Richard schemed and killed.
A very engaging, witty and disquieting piece of Shakespearean drama.