Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 0773. Monday, 3 October 1994.
(1) From: Don Weingust <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sunday, 2 Oct 1994 22:26:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subj: Re: SHK 5.0768 Q: *TN*
(2) From: Doug Cummins <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 03 Oct 1994 10:21:00 CDT
Subj: RE: SHK 5.0768 Q: *TN*
(3) From: David Middleton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 03 Oct 94 09:24:14 CDT
Subj: Re: SHK 5.0768 Q: *TN*
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From: Don Weingust <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sunday, 2 Oct 1994 22:26:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: 5.0768 Q: *TN*
Comment: Re: SHK 5.0768 Q: *TN*
I have heard tell of a brilliantly conceived production of *Twelfth Night*,
done about eight or nine years ago by Sharon Ott, Artistic Director of the
Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It was described to me (by BRT Associate A.D.,
Tony Taccone) as completely re-envisioned without being deconstructed. The
setting was turn-of-the-century Paris. I understand that the reviews were
outstanding. The production helped establish Sharon here in the Bay Area.
Sorry I can't give you more details; perhaps someone out there saw it and has
more to say?
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From: Doug Cummins <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 03 Oct 1994 10:21:00 CDT
Subject: 5.0768 Q: *TN*
Comment: RE: SHK 5.0768 Q: *TN*
I saw a practically flawless production of Twelfth Night this summer
at the Stratford Festival.. I suspect it is still running, so it might
be worth a trip north to catch it. They placed the play in the Carribean
with all its island mystery.
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From: David Middleton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 03 Oct 94 09:24:14 CDT
Subject: 5.0768 Q: *TN*
Comment: Re: SHK 5.0768 Q: *TN*
Regarding performances of TN and what to avoid, one might mention Toby's
pickled herring belch (no pun). Yet I think of theater as being conservative
about its oral traditions, and as a result I believe there are matters of
convention of presentation as well as of business which one ought to keep and
thus honor. As ritual, shouldn't theater recreate Garrick (and earlier
performers) each time it re-presents the material in l994?
