The roar of the smell
Sep. 18th, 2009 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyranoAll's Well That Ends Well
The storyline bugs me a little in the same way Measure for Measure does. You're in love with a dick who doesn't want to marry you. The King/Duke/person anointed by God to be in charge says "Hey dude, you're a dick. As punishment you have to marry this girl. And don't be a resenful dick about it."
But the actors were really good, and I loved the setting (Post WWII Sicily) and the conventions and props. One player shuffling quickly between several roles, pulling props out of suitcases, silent movie placards projected on a bed sheet, that sort of thing.
It still didn't deserve a standing ovation in my opinion, but it seems that either everybody else who comes to Ashland is feeling in a festive mood or has never actually seen a play before and is enraptured. Although I think if the latter were the case, there would be more standing ovations at the indoor plumbing and the fancy electric lights.
The storyline bugs me a little in the same way Measure for Measure does. You're in love with a dick who doesn't want to marry you. The King/Duke/person anointed by God to be in charge says "Hey dude, you're a dick. As punishment you have to marry this girl. And don't be a resenful dick about it."
But the actors were really good, and I loved the setting (Post WWII Sicily) and the conventions and props. One player shuffling quickly between several roles, pulling props out of suitcases, silent movie placards projected on a bed sheet, that sort of thing.
It still didn't deserve a standing ovation in my opinion, but it seems that either everybody else who comes to Ashland is feeling in a festive mood or has never actually seen a play before and is enraptured. Although I think if the latter were the case, there would be more standing ovations at the indoor plumbing and the fancy electric lights.