Last week I went to Bard on the Beach with my good friend Eka. I was really excited to go because 1.) I love Bard on the Beach and 2.) Eka would appreciate it with me!
We booked tickets to see Twelfth Night. I had originally booked to see The Tempest, but it sold out and Eka couldn’t get a ticket. However, by the first 10 minutes, I was so glad that we’d gone to see Twelfth Night. It’s a comedy and it was absolutely hilarious — very well done. The brilliance of Shakespeare is truely experienced live, not by just reading it, because so many of the jokes go with physical comedy too. Very well done.
If you ever get a chance to see any Shakespeare performances live, go for it! Don’t be put off by the language– iambic pentameter sounds natural when the actors have the correct emphasis and inflections.
Not a bad seat in the house… want some caramel popcorn?
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that looks like fun. Where is this? And is it every year?
I love live performances, haven’t seen one since I lived in CA though and that was 28 years ago. So sad
Gotta love Shakespeare live! Twelfth Night is fun, I saw it in Ashland some years ago. Glad you had a good time with your friend.This fall, Jr. is in Shakespeare class again…Hamlet this time, did Twelfth Night last spring.
What fun! When we lived in Asheville, NC – there was a Shakespeare troupe that played in the park across from our apartment – it was such fun to go over and sit on a blanket on a summer evening and watch a play.
I saw the show on Friday and it was the best Bard on the Beach I have seen! It was so funny from start to finish!
Saw King Lear too…but that was not so funny : )