Comments on: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are babes http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9139 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fillyjonk http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9139/comment-page-1#comment-23441 fillyjonk Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:36:42 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9139#comment-23441 Funny, the deaths of R and G were greatly downplayed in the version I saw. I guess it was mentioned that they had met their ends, but really, after seeing Hamlet drag Polonius' body across the stage (as in the version I saw), the shock factor of an "offstage" death is somewhat reduced. I would argue that Hamlet doesn't seem to empower anyone very much, unless it's Fortinbras. Funny, the deaths of R and G were greatly downplayed in the version I saw. I guess it was mentioned that they had met their ends, but really, after seeing Hamlet drag Polonius’ body across the stage (as in the version I saw), the shock factor of an “offstage” death is somewhat reduced.

I would argue that Hamlet doesn’t seem to empower anyone very much, unless it’s Fortinbras.

]]> By: Dr. Weevil http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9139/comment-page-1#comment-23439 Dr. Weevil Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:06:57 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9139#comment-23439 Don't knock transvestite Shakespeare. I moved to Staunton, VA, specifically so I could go to The Blackfriars Playhouse every week. They have some of the best Shakespeare in the world, with quite a bit of cross-gender casting. They did <i>Hamlet</i> and Tom Stoppard's <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead</i> last year with a large male Rosencrantz and small female Guildenstern. The picture <a href="http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=143" rel="nofollow">here</a> does not fully show the difference in size. All the scenes where no one could remember which is which were all the more amusing. Highly recommended if you're in the Shenandoah Valley or if the touring troupe -- including these two -- comes to your town (schedule <a href="http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=191" rel="nofollow">here</a>). Don’t knock transvestite Shakespeare. I moved to Staunton, VA, specifically so I could go to The Blackfriars Playhouse every week. They have some of the best Shakespeare in the world, with quite a bit of cross-gender casting. They did Hamlet and Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead last year with a large male Rosencrantz and small female Guildenstern. The picture here does not fully show the difference in size. All the scenes where no one could remember which is which were all the more amusing. Highly recommended if you’re in the Shenandoah Valley or if the touring troupe — including these two — comes to your town (schedule here).

]]> By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9139/comment-page-1#comment-23425 CGHill Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:29:53 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9139#comment-23425 I don't think the idea was "empowerment" so much as it was to give everyone in Theatre Arts a chance to participate. They can't <em>all</em> be Ophelia. I don’t think the idea was “empowerment” so much as it was to give everyone in Theatre Arts a chance to participate. They can’t all be Ophelia.

]]> By: tioedong http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9139/comment-page-1#comment-23424 tioedong Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:15:25 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9139#comment-23424 uh, in Hamlet, Rozenkrantz and Guildenburg are "tricked" by Hamlet and end up being killed. Somehow I don't think this empowers women very much... uh, in Hamlet, Rozenkrantz and Guildenburg are “tricked” by Hamlet and end up being killed.

Somehow I don’t think this empowers women very much…

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