Sat down in front of the tv today to indulge in a bit of culture. The National
Theatre in London (far too expensive for me to ever think of buying tickets for
any production) have started running recorded productions through YouTube and
the one I settled down to enjoy was â??Twelfth Nightâ??.
It is now a regular thing to put on Shakespeare in the U.K. using modern
clothing and very technically designed scenery but with the original language
of 500 odd years ago. Today was no exception.
In the original play, it opens with a shipwreck in the imaginary land of
Illyria and probably a full blown ship and tons of water arenâ??t the most
sensible â??propsâ?? for realism. So, instead of the ship crashing on to the
revolving stage, a rather nice Conifer Green TR6 is substituted with all the
lights on!!! Made a surprise change to what was an otherwise outstanding
production (if olde Englishe, puns, Elizabethan humour and now obsolete words
are your preferment?) I enjoy them, though many donâ??t - but â??twas a giggle
to see the car. It could of course have been an MGB but clearly the production
director has taste in choosing what he did.
Jonmac
At the Battle of Waterloo, 1815:
Lord Uxbridge: â??By God, Sir - Iâ??ve lost my legâ??
Duke of Wellington: â??By God, Sir - so you have!â??
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