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3 Mar 2004 – 6 Mar 2004March 2004
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Details
AddressDoncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
Suburban Shakespeare (2004)
“The Play’s the Thing” (Hamlet)
Shakespeare would have laughed to know the elitist intellectual status his plays have attained in the modern theatre world – he wrote them for a rowdy mass Elizabethan audience who had come to have a good time, and that’s just what he gave them! Dashing sword fights, touching love scenes, heart-wrenching tragedies and wildly hilarious comedy – these plays weren’t written to be studied, they were written to be performed; and they weren’t written to be performed to an esoteric aristocracy, they were written for the people.
Suburban Shakespeare is all about playing the Bard as he was meant to be played – faithful to the texts, but relevant, understandable, and above all, entertaining! The show will consist of a wide variety of scenes from the most popular plays to the least known, and from the uproariously funny to the poignant, and the idea is to perform them in interesting and creative ways to make them directly accessible to the audience, whether they’re long-time Shakespeare fans or tentative newcomers.
With a talented cast of twelve who share a love of Shakespeare and a diverse range of performance experience, the works of the Bard are revisited with the Merry Wives of Windsor out for coffee and shopping, Prospero ruling the corporate world, a Midsummer dance party and Lear in ER.
Play Right was created to showcase new productions and local talent in suburban Melbourne, and to bring different forms of theatre to new audiences. Suburban Shakespeare is their latest enterprise.
Five shows only, at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
Wednesday March 3 8pm (preview night – all tickets $10)
Thursday March 4 8pm
Friday March 5 8pm
Saturday March 6 2pm and 8pm
Tickets are $16 for adults, and $12 for concessions or groups of ten or more
For further information, contact: (ph) 97535365
playright@optusnet.com.au
http://www33.brinkster.com/PlayRight/
“The Play’s the Thing” (Hamlet)
Shakespeare would have laughed to know the elitist intellectual status his plays have attained in the modern theatre world – he wrote them for a rowdy mass Elizabethan audience who had come to have a good time, and that’s just what he gave them! Dashing sword fights, touching love scenes, heart-wrenching tragedies and wildly hilarious comedy – these plays weren’t written to be studied, they were written to be performed; and they weren’t written to be performed to an esoteric aristocracy, they were written for the people.
Suburban Shakespeare is all about playing the Bard as he was meant to be played – faithful to the texts, but relevant, understandable, and above all, entertaining! The show will consist of a wide variety of scenes from the most popular plays to the least known, and from the uproariously funny to the poignant, and the idea is to perform them in interesting and creative ways to make them directly accessible to the audience, whether they’re long-time Shakespeare fans or tentative newcomers.
With a talented cast of twelve who share a love of Shakespeare and a diverse range of performance experience, the works of the Bard are revisited with the Merry Wives of Windsor out for coffee and shopping, Prospero ruling the corporate world, a Midsummer dance party and Lear in ER.
Play Right was created to showcase new productions and local talent in suburban Melbourne, and to bring different forms of theatre to new audiences. Suburban Shakespeare is their latest enterprise.
Five shows only, at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
Wednesday March 3 8pm (preview night – all tickets $10)
Thursday March 4 8pm
Friday March 5 8pm
Saturday March 6 2pm and 8pm
Tickets are $16 for adults, and $12 for concessions or groups of ten or more
For further information, contact: (ph) 97535365
playright@optusnet.com.au
http://www33.brinkster.com/PlayRight/
Bookings
This production has concluded. Contact details are not available for past events.