tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post948751997319822748..comments2024-03-28T18:29:26.971+00:00Comments on Partially Obstructed View: Re-review: Hamlet (Shakespeare's Globe & tour)nick730http://www.blogger.com/profile/17790671846484940609noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post-66133849092717987142012-09-09T17:35:46.145+01:002012-09-09T17:35:46.145+01:00I've only been going to the Globe for a few ye...I've only been going to the Globe for a few years and have become a fan, but in the last year or so they seem to be moving back towards a sort of "heritage"/tourist-trap kind of theatre which doesn't really appeal to me, and was the reason I avoided it for so long in the first place.<br /><br />I'm not seeing Rylance's "we claim to know exactly what authentic Jacobethan theatre looked like" productions until the end of the season so I'll have to see how I get on with them.nick730https://www.blogger.com/profile/17790671846484940609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post-60185978621400525412012-09-08T15:45:07.346+01:002012-09-08T15:45:07.346+01:00"I do think this is quite a good "primer..."I do think this is quite a good "primer" Hamlet that'd get you through the major points if you were unfamiliar with the play"<br /><br />True. It wasn't my cup of tea, but I have decided I just don't get on with Globe productions anymore. I don't know what it is about them that disagrees with me.Jacob Azariahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683171443777486134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post-65639333249652380712012-09-01T09:20:45.428+01:002012-09-01T09:20:45.428+01:00As I say, I like a "light" Hamlet in man...As I say, I like a "light" <i>Hamlet</i> in many ways but just based on the productions I've seen, I prefer Hamlet himself to set the tone of the humour - Ed Bennett's Hamlet dying was devastating <b>because</b> we'd spent the last three hours growing to love him 'cause he made us laugh and involved the audience in the joke. Benz doesn't actually interact much with the audience. I <b>think</b> last year was a bit closer to the kind of thing I'm talking about, partly because McGuire is rather a tiny man and made fun of his own height to set the tone.<br /><br />I do think this is quite a good "primer" <i>Hamlet</i> that'd get you through the major points if you were unfamiliar with the play, but the focus on rushing through it has resulted in some subtlety being lost, and a bit more subtlety lost in the restaging.nick730https://www.blogger.com/profile/17790671846484940609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781475196023418414.post-9789430506964863332012-09-01T08:26:55.685+01:002012-09-01T08:26:55.685+01:00I didn't *dislike* it, but that's about it...I didn't *dislike* it, but that's about it. I was never sure if it was the "oh look, I'm mad I am" elements, or if it was the helicopter overhead distracting. But it felt a little "light" for me, given the nature of the ending. Pretinamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951878977281291685noreply@blogger.com