I'm glad you enjoyed this!!! (And very cool to get a review of the Indy Shakes production as well. ~THEATER~)
Yes, it’s a modern production, yes, modern assassins would use guns, but you lose the visceral effect of the assassination scene
I think I've told you this before, but the one live production of Julius Caesar I've seen used a historical Roman aesthetic/costuming for the first half - up until the outbreak of civil war - and then modern costuming/technology in the second half. (Except for Cinna the poet, who wore modern clothing for the whole play.)
...I did spend at least a page of my last letter talking about this production, so I don't want to #spoil that or inflict you with my same thoughts twice, BUT the thing that really stood out to me about this production was the use of space— the audience standing around the moving platforms, and the way it used the audience in terms of like— cheering for Caesar! Holding up placards during Mark Anthony's speech! Standing in for the public opinion that characters were trying to sway, basically.
(The Midsummer's Night Dream that I recommended was also at the Bridge Theatre and also has a really cool use of space, with the moving stage platforms and aerial performances! Also, the actor who played Octavius is... I want to say Lysander in that one?)
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Date: 2024-12-19 02:20 pm (UTC)Yes, it’s a modern production, yes, modern assassins would use guns, but you lose the visceral effect of the assassination scene
I think I've told you this before, but the one live production of Julius Caesar I've seen used a historical Roman aesthetic/costuming for the first half - up until the outbreak of civil war - and then modern costuming/technology in the second half. (Except for Cinna the poet, who wore modern clothing for the whole play.)
...I did spend at least a page of my last letter talking about this production, so I don't want to #spoil that or inflict you with my same thoughts twice, BUT the thing that really stood out to me about this production was the use of space— the audience standing around the moving platforms, and the way it used the audience in terms of like— cheering for Caesar! Holding up placards during Mark Anthony's speech! Standing in for the public opinion that characters were trying to sway, basically.
(The Midsummer's Night Dream that I recommended was also at the Bridge Theatre and also has a really cool use of space, with the moving stage platforms and aerial performances! Also, the actor who played Octavius is... I want to say Lysander in that one?)