“I think that American is actually closer to Elizabethan English than our current English speech. That’s ironic, because American actors are often worried about not speaking what they call Standard English, yet they’re actually doing it closer to Shakespeare’s way than we are.” John Barton, Playing Shakespeare
Archive for February, 2010
Snowy Day
Posted in Photography on Feb 25th, 2010
Auditions
Posted in Announcements, Distance on Feb 23rd, 2010
Auditions are being held for Distance, an original movement piece I am directing in the Columbia MFA Theatre Directing program. Distance performs April 23-25 at Schapiro Theatre, 605 W 115th Street. Rehearsals begin on or about March 19 in the Columba University vicinity. Primarily seeking dancers, but actors with movement are also encouraged to audition. [...]
“With Hamlet, Shakespeare found that if he refused to provide himself or his audience with a familiar, comforting rationale that seems to make it all make sense, he could get to something immeasurably deeper … Shakespeare came increasingly to rely on the inward logic, the poetic coherence that his genius and his immensely hard work [...]