Death by Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (devised by Hurly Burly)
Hurly Burly
theSpace @ Niddry St

Death by Shakespeare

A collection of mostly recognizable speeches from Shakespeare's better-known work, although not all are directly death scenes, beautifully directed and choreographed with an enormous capable cast dancing on a pin-head sized stage.

Each is given their character(s) to represent and do so admirably, each better than the next. They use the speeches and space very well. There are harps and drums, some chanting and singing but mostly performers nimbly handling the text and moving it slowly from one speech to another, one play to another.

This said, and forgive me for dampening the fire, there doesn't seem to be a concrete structure on which these quotes are built; that may be asking far too much.

A Shakespeare scholar would take this on as a masters thesis. But this has worked well for this company and is an absolute delight for the novice and familiar.

Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

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