Tragedy

[eiffel_71]

Went to see the Villagers’ production of Macbeth tonight. Being winter, the venue was a local church rather than the usual open air places. As usual, some abridgments were made to the script, including eliminating some minor characters. With a cast of 17, some parts were folded into others, for example two of the three Witches incorporated the roles of the two Murderers. It worked, the cast put the play across very well. Rob and Sarah were superb as Macbeth and his Lady. My old friend Carol was amazing as Witch 1 (incorporating the Porter’s part). Mark gave a highly animated performance as Macduff.

I wandered around at the interval saying hello to some cast members who were mingling. Got a bit of a chat with Andy. In the bar Ria and Liam, who were sitting this production out, came over for a quick word. Ian asked “Are you missing being in it? I had you down for the Porter.” I said Carol had done it so well I wouldn’t want to have taken that away from her.

After the show I congratulated several of the players. Carol said she’d loved playing a witch, following up from her villainess last summer - she said she’s never going back to the goodie side! Sarah, standing by the inner door, breathed a huge sigh of relief when I told her she’d been great. She said she’d seen me sitting in the front row and she was so glad I’d come. That was nice.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Nearest I ever got to the bard was playing the courtezan in 'A Comedy of Errors' at uni.

Waddya mean, apt? :o)