Antony & Cleopatra

[henbane]

JanewayRulz - no offence taken. I'm sure it would flow better if you start at the beginning, which is partly why I said it's hard to judge from a few quick clips. However, it's not the flow that I found a little off-putting.

kimc - I read 5-6 negative reviews - guess some of the reviews have been removed now that the show is over. Doesn't really matter that much anyway as we all have difference likes//dislikes and reviewers are just another opinion.

 

[HoneyBLilly]

Everyone is a critic. And everyone has an opinion.

My sister loved it. And she doesn't even like Shakespeare so it really just matters on the reviewers opinion.

In some cases they're wrong, but they get to express their opinion. Freedom of the press and speech and all of that jazz, right?

I will say that the clips are a little short to derive a whole opinion, but they do have their good points.

 

[vas2009]

I loved it. The clips don't do it justice. The intimacy of the theater made a big difference as well IMO of course.

 

[henbane]

I loved the clips of Iphigenia 2.0 - very progressive, innovative. I was hoping for something equally inspiring and progressive from Anthony and Cleopatra, but I didn't see it in those clips. But, as I keep saying, they are only clips and it's hard to judge.

It may also come down to the fact that, although I usually enjoy Kates acting in shows like Voyager, I have never seen her as a vamp/seductress and find her unconvincing in death and romance scenes (this has been mentioned by others in other threads also) and A&C is basically a love story.

 

[vas2009]

kimc - I don't have the links (didn't save them). All I did was a web search for reviews of the play and was rather surprised to see so many negative reviews

No biggie. I was just curious since I've searched for reviews periodically since the play came out but hadn't seen a negative one. However, I dug around tonight and found one. Here it is for the curious: http://www.theatermania.com/connecticut/reviews/10-2010/antony-and-cleopatra_31268.html

Ouch!
"But the greatest love evident onstage is the one between Mulgrew and the sound of her own voice -- the calculated effects she can achieve with it, from throaty laughter to witchy imprecations. Moreover, her writhing limbs are usually splayed, as if her nether regions needed cooling off; at one point, she's carried in on a palanquin while engaging in an act of self-gratification."

These were my favorite parts! This dame needs to start drinking Irish coffee...

 

[henbane]

lol vas