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Coriolanus
Jan. 31st, 2014 12:31 amSo, I have returned! From the live NT screening of Coriolanus. I took with me some mates from work. Two had seen Shakespeare before and also had a fair inkling who Hiddleston was. The third member of our troupe had never seen Shakespeare before in her life, had no idea who any of the cast was, and spent the past few days bouncing into the office excited over the fact she was going to see her first ever 'live' Shakespeare and wondering if she would even understand a word of it.
In short: it was glorious. I will admit I was most interested in hearing our Shakespeare newbie's views as she was probably the last biased of us all. And she loved it, I feel happy and vindicated :) Good job and kudos to you, Donmar and all the cast and crew, you have another Shakespeare convert.
On a critical level, all the actors acquitted themselves superbly.
On a shallow level: yes you have a very attractive male cast in some very tight leather trousers, and yes my group commented on it. Also due to the angle of the camera and the reflected light, Coriolanus' gown of white muslin humility was rendered pretty much completely transparent. It gave me flashbacks to Merlin and that scene as I looked stoically at the background and tried to focus on the plot and the dialogue. My companions had no such qualms and told me afterwards that yes, it did indeed hide absolutely nothing whatsoever. Good to know.
In short: it was glorious. I will admit I was most interested in hearing our Shakespeare newbie's views as she was probably the last biased of us all. And she loved it, I feel happy and vindicated :) Good job and kudos to you, Donmar and all the cast and crew, you have another Shakespeare convert.
On a critical level, all the actors acquitted themselves superbly.
On a shallow level: yes you have a very attractive male cast in some very tight leather trousers, and yes my group commented on it. Also due to the angle of the camera and the reflected light, Coriolanus' gown of white muslin humility was rendered pretty much completely transparent. It gave me flashbacks to Merlin and that scene as I looked stoically at the background and tried to focus on the plot and the dialogue. My companions had no such qualms and told me afterwards that yes, it did indeed hide absolutely nothing whatsoever. Good to know.
