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Theatre Review
On a Friday afternoon in Biddenham upper school, I watched
three different Theatre companies perform Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’. Each only
performed the scene in which Othello kills Desdemona after being tricked into
thinking she has had an affair with one of his officers. Each company contained
male and female actors who played roles within their gender. All three
productions used a naturalistic approach, and remained relatively true to how a
Shakespearian play would have been performed in the 1700’s.
The first performance was by a professional Shakespearian
company who charged their audience to watch their piece. The piece was
performed in the round; characterising a typical Shakespearian piece despite
the audience being sat down rather than stood. The actors were also miced,
meaning they did not have to project vocally as much as an actor would have
done so during Shakespeare’s era. Another feature of the company was the female
roles being played by actresses rather than actors; in a Shakespearian play the
female roles would have still been played by males due to the inequality of
genders during the Shakespearian era. There were minimal props on stage, just a
bed in the centre to draw focus to the significance of Desdemona’s death. The
effect on this meant the audience were drawn into the horrific consequence of
Iago’s wicked plan, and felt sympathy towards Desdemona despite her weak effort
to defend herself. Othello’s character was also sympathised with due to the
actors portray of the character. The actor portrayed Othello to be utterly
distraught. The impact of this meant that in spite of Othello murdering his
innocent wife, the audience connected with Othello and felt sorry for him.
The others were a load of fucking bollocks and as i was
watching i just thought to myself, what the fuck have i done to deserve this
unbearable torture? I thought, maybe i don’t give enough to charity? Maybe i
have sinned too much? MAYBE ITS BECAUSE I SOMETIMES LISTEN TO SHAGGY. But i
concluded that this was not something i had brought on myself; this was pure
evil at its worst.
I thought maybe about writing a book, sharing my experience
with others who may have had to endure the same torture i had; giving hope to
those who may have felt that there was no future for them. These ‘theatre
companies’ are destroying lives, BUT I AM NOT PREPARED TO STAND BY AND WATCH
THIS HAPPEN.
If you are American YOU HAVE NO RIGHT to perform a
Shakespeare piece of theatre- UNLESS YOU CAN DO A DECENT BRITISH ACCENT. And if
not, FUCK OFF BECAUSE YOU SOUND LIKE SHIT AND NO ONE CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOURE SAYING AS IF ITS NOT A MISSION TO INTERPRET SHAKESPEARIAN LANGUAGE
IN THE GOD DAMN FUCKING FIRST PLACE.
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