Sad endings are so much more complex...What I love, is that Shakespeare makes me reevaluate the way I view things. His work seem to have a knack for entertaining the parts of my humanity that I usually ignore. For instance, maybe it is nobler to die, than to live in dishonesty. There is a definite romanticization of death, that makes a part of me very uncomfortable, and yet another part sincerely intrigued. Our play group, The Great Danes, will be performing a worshipful production of the play. This play/acting experience is giving me an experience with the work that I would have never otherwise receive. I am excited to learn more about theater, Hamlet, and Shakespeare. As far as Titus goes, I am enjoying it. I cannot emphasize enough, how much more accessible it makes the play to watch it before I read it. Titus was a troubled man. It would be interesting to do a psychological analysis of him. I find myself paying much more attention to the stage direction in the written play, now that I am anticipating going about performing my own.
Nik
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Good work, Nikki. I'm glad that you're learning a lot this semester. What's a "worshipful" version? This sounds kind of scary. Maybe we can do a traditional analysis of Titus' character in class next week.
I took theatre a couple of semesters ago, and we learned that a worshipful version of a play is when the director follows the script exactly, with no added input, and an artful version is when the director adds to/modifies a script. But let me verify this, and I'll correct this if I'm mistaken...I have so much on my mind, I tend to mix things up. I agree though, it sounds a bit cult-ish.
Thanks for the clarification of "worshipful version." There's so much I don't know.
How's your son? Where's this week's post?
I can't excuse the post that was due today.
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