I’ve just published an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth called Macbeth for Five Actors. It can be found on my website, andrewcodispoti.com/plays/ in several formats.
Shakespeare’s plays are so much about words and so little about physical spectacle. Minimalist productions can let the words shine through; an audience has little choice but to focus on the language.
There [...]
We’re working on a minimalistic production. Our script is a ninety minute version. Cut from the text are most of the side plots that make the full text such a grandiose tapestry. We are down to the main characters. Even Fortinbras and Norway are gone. With them goes the martial background that hangs over Denmark [...]
Also tagged hamlet, TheatreThis summer I will take part in Advice to the Players’ production of The Taming of the Shrew. I’m not sure of my role yet but will find out in a few weeks. The performances will be during the day August 5-10.
In the fall at the University I’ll have two roles: Laertes in Hamlet (Sept. [...]