tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post645443028432200556..comments2024-03-21T22:19:26.920-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: "Twelfth Night" in a Resplendent Setting in Door CountyJulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-9502657695190628872011-08-23T10:51:31.495-05:002011-08-23T10:51:31.495-05:00Re: roaming option... I think the seated people ha...Re: roaming option... I think the seated people had the same three scenes (Viola arrives, Orsino does music/food of love, Toby, Maria and Andrew mess around) but in a different order. My guess is that while we were seeing Viola and the captain down at the shore, they were seeing Orsino. So then Orsino hoofed it down to the mid-spot on the lawn while we were leaving Viola, and while we roamers watched Orsino, the folks back in the theater clearing saw Toby/Maria/Andrew. By this time, Viola was back at the theater, and they saw her while we got Toby/Maria/Andrew scuffling outside this small Scandinavian chapel close to the theater. Viola then had time to change into her Cesario outfit while the roamers marched back into the theater and took our seats. I think the timing was probably tricky, but they found a way (and locations the right distance from each other) to make it work.<br /><br />I definitely want to see that Tempest! It was pretty magical just using the shore, so a whole ship would've been amazing.<br /><br />I think I've told you about a Tempest where the audience sat on drums/cans on the stage itself, and the cast climbed all over us since WE were the island. That was pretty cool, even without a real shore or a real ship. It was a visiting British company performing at the University of Illinois.JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-8508884631925183812011-08-23T10:36:03.754-05:002011-08-23T10:36:03.754-05:00This sounds lovely. "Twelfth Night" rema...This sounds lovely. "Twelfth Night" remains one of my permanent top-4 Shakespeares, and I try to see it any time a production's within reach. Wish I could have seen this. You refer to a roaming "option"; am I surmising correctly that the other option is to stay seated and miss the scene?<br /><br />Outdoor Shakespeare in natural settings has intriguing possibilities. I read (wish I could remember where, and I know I've talked about this to Julie in the past) about a "Tempest" on the shore of a lake (audience staying put) that sounds absolutely life-changingly magical:<br /><br />They managed to have an actual period-looking ship in the water for the first scene (tempest and shipwreck faked with special effects, of course), and then the rest of the play done on the lawn by the shore. Then when everyone is leaving the island, they all disembark on the ship. Of course by this time it's dark and the acting area has to be lit. Ariel stands on the end of the pier, and Prospero touches him with his staff one last time to set him free. And Ariel runs across the surface of the water (on a walkway just below the surface) to a pine tree off to the right, we see a flare zoom up the tree to the top, and fireworks explode from its tip into the night sky. Blackout.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.com