it was a rainy night. if hubby and i sat nearer than where we were reserved, we would have been more drenched. in watching plays, shakespeare in particular, it's always a good idea to be a few seats back. remember gary oldman's advice on friends? "actors should enunciate!" meaning, it's not intended, but the enduring efficacy of drool permeates during crescendos, and it did during that wintry shakespearean night.the play was word by word shakespeare. my upbringing wasn't that crude, but it wasn't high-brow either, i got by, though impatiently. macbeth may not be as long as hamlet. but it was still almost three hours. i got to see patrick stewart act, in the flesh and acquired an even greater admiration for shakespearean actors. those super long monologues. wow!
i couldn't wait to read some more classics. shakespeare is very relevant. macbeth is about murder and greed that the first world inhabitants couldn't comprehend. it's like the renegade soldiers in my country. why do rebels rebel? what do they want to accomplish? it's not about the country or its people, it's for their own selfish pursuits.
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