The Curtain Theatre’s BYOB outdoor production is a magical night out
I don’t care what decades of strangled high school readings might have done to the text. What bored you in class is perfection onstage. Your teacher was right: Shakespeare is meant to be seen, not read. Andis an ideal introduction to the Bard, a brisk story with a little bit of everything, humor and tragedy shaken together.
And it all happens in a gem of a location. Down a narrow country road, a small-scale Globe replica overlooks the shore of Lake Austin. This is the rustic Curtain Theatre, which has no curtain, but hostsin all their glory. It’s achingly lovely. There were sweet sounds of nature throughout the play, from the last vestiges of birdsong to rising cricket chirps. Eerie owl hoots contributed extra somberness to the final scenes.
At the rustic Curtain Theatre, there were sweet sounds of nature throughout the play, from the last vestiges of birdsong to rising cricket chirps. Despite the heightened performances, the lines themselves are delivered shockingly naturally. Shakespeare’s iambic rhythms flow from the actors. Sometimes characters talk over each other or over diegetic musical numbers . Sometimes they rush and falter, just like real people. Their words are met with whoops and hollers and hisses from the audience, making this a truly Elizabethan scene. It was a party atmosphere.
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