Macbeth at Santa Barbara was an interesting experience. The performance started off with masked people hissing and creating a scary tone. I had no idea what was going on. I had never read Macbeth before or even know what happens in the story so I was confused. On top of that, the language use of the acting was an old language that I found real difficult in comprehending their speech. I was pretty much lost during the whole performance. However, I did ask my friend who has read Macbeth what was going on which helped with the actions I saw on stage, but I still did not know what they were saying. Besides not knowing the storyline, I thought the performance went really well. I like the drums, the sticks, how they used red gloves as blood on their hands. I thought it was really funny when the actors would get together to form a chair, or how a person would act like a horse. If the performance was on something more modern, I would have probably liked it more, but nonetheless it was still interesting. Maybe one day I too will take a theater class; it seems very plausible.
Hey Franklin,
ReplyDelete"The performance started off with masked people hissing and creating a scary tone. I had no idea what was going on." This was funny.
I agree with you! The show was pretty confusing because it was hard to differentiate between the minor characters and remember who's who. The costumes weren't all that great either. I am surprised you didn't think it was all that bad, because I thought for sure if someone didn't read Macbeth, then they were going to be very confused and zone out for the whole show. Good thing you had a buddy telling you what was happening!