The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0076 Wednesday, 25 February 2009
From: Ina Centaur <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009 17:32:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SL Shakespeare Company's Twelfth Night, Act 1: The Open-Ended
Run on vShakespeare
vShakespeare
The Virtual Shakespeare Consortium
Ina Centaur
Ina Centaur has invited you to the event 'SL Shakespeare Company's
Twelfth Night, Act 1: The Open-Ended Run' on vShakespeare!
New season premiering March 1 @ 1 PM. Performances to occur subsequently
every Sundays @ 1 PM and Tuesdays @ 6 PM PST. We'll also go wild and try
all-female Shakespearean productions and more!
SL Shakespeare Company's Twelfth Night, Act 1: The Open-Ended Run
Time: March 1, 2009 at 1pm to March 31, 2009 at 2pm
Location: SL Globe Theatre
Organized By: Ina Centaur
Event Description:
SL Shakespeare Company's Twelfth Night, Act 1: The Open-Ended Run
Shakespeare, Second Life: The virtual world's performance of Twelfth
Night, Act 1 unabridged, live and direct from the first folio returns
and will play on indefinitely -- as you will it! The SL Shakespeare
Company's long-awaited open-ended run premiers Sunday, March 1 at 1 PM
PST, and will continue indefinitely every Sunday at 1 PM PST and every
Tuesday at 6 PM PST at the SL Globe Theatre.
Artistic Director Ina Centaur is directing this play with a new cast and
a rare vision in Shakespearean productions, "This production attempts to
be as true and pure to the play as possible. . . This is the only one of
the Bard's plays that is not under suspicion from various bad quartos
editions, so there might be some insights to be divined if we try to
dramatize it based on a close reading -- independent of the shackles of
any era interpretation."
Although the play is rich with references to Elizabethan England,
Centaur has chosen to let more intrinsic elements define the visuals,
"Avoiding the extraneous notions of modernity, the play looks like it's
from the 'generic past' . . . The visual elements aren't bound to a
particular era or interpretation -- but serve to help embellish the
intrinsic elements of the play."
Starting in April, the troupe will be trying several possible
"Variations," including an all-female production, a switched-genders
production, and several more. Artistic Director Ina Centaur explains
that despite the changes, the "Variations" will be related by a certain
"unmoving pivot," "Twelfth Night, Act 1 is about the formation of love
triangles . . . There's a salient love triangle that evolves through
the act, connecting Viola, Olivia and Orsino, and a subtle relationship
triangle that forms between Maria, Andrew, and Toby in Scene 3. That's
like the unmoving pivot that connects the 'Variations.' Our goal is to
be able to vibrantly convey these archetypal relationships in both our
main 'traditional' production as well as our 'Variations.'"
When asked why the troupe is performing just a single act, Centaur
asserts, "We're doing it in obsessive detail step-by-step, since we plan
to perform the play unabridged in a way that's not only worth your time
to see, but may also delight and even enlighten you. It's a bite-sized
chunk of goodness each time. Come see Act 1 to get a glimpse of the SL
Shakespeare Company magic before we move onto Act 2 this summer!"
The play stars Caliban Jigsaw, Ixmal Supermarine, Kerry Takashi, KeyKey
Underwood, Mokey Mokusei, and Sensuality Cordeaux.
Premiering March 1, the performances will be held Sundays at 1 PM SLT
(GMT-8) and Tuesdays at 6 PM SLT (GMT-8) at the SL Globe Theatre, in the
virtual world of Second Life, accessible anywhere in the world with an
Internet-ready computer. http://visit.SLshakespeare.com
Subtitles will be provided in English, French, German, Spanish, and
Mandarin Chinese.
For Visuals, please see:
http://playbills.SLshakespeare.com for our 2009 playbills (and
http://playbills2008.SLshakespeare.com for our 2008 playbills)
http://programmes.SLshakespeare.com
http://blog.SLshakespeare.com
See more details and RSVP on vShakespeare:
http://vshakespeare.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2058941%3AEvent%3A2424&xgi=f0OWCNV
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