Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Macbeth, yo.




This has to be one of the most terrifying renditions of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," and in honor of this reading and the upcoming production coming to UNA, I thought I'd share.  I highly recommend seeing anything done by the Aquilla company, they put a great twist on your typical Shakespeare play!
I actually enjoyed reading what Samuel Johnson had to say about Shakespeare, he pointed out things that I necessarily wouldn't have noticed before.  I gotta say though, what Johnson may consider "faults" by Shakespeare, I view it as artistic license! I enjoy Shakespeare (not necessarily ready, but seen on stage) because it doesn't exactly follow the rules. Sure, he isn't exactly linear in all of his timelines, but I feel like it doesn't detract from the play that I'm viewing. Johnson tries to tell his audience that Shakespeare wrote for uncultured people, and I have to say, "So what?" Is it still timeless, even after a couple hundred years? Even though this video is actually terrifying, I feel like it shows that even now, artistic license is used with Shakespeare. 

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