Macbeth: Shakespeare's Bloody Tragedy Gets a Surreal Spin Under the Stars at Cal Shakes
Bruns Amphitheater (100 Gateway Blvd. Orinda, CA 94563)
- Full Price:
- $34.00 - $50.00
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- $17.00 - $25.00*
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The last date listed for Macbeth was Thursday September 9, 2010 / 7:30pm.
Goldstar Member Tips
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positive! on What to Wear
Dress WARM and brink blanketS, Hats and scarves. it gets cold
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positive! on Where to Eat
Hot drinks available for purchase
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positive! on Where to Park
Easy access to freeway and good parking space
19 Goldstar Member Reviews
Rodney A.
The production needs to gel. Jud Williford messed up a few lines during the evening but he covered them well. The production was okay but on the lackluster side. The production needs more drama/energy particularly during the last scene which also needed a bit more chorography. There wasn't a lot of tension during that final sword fight and it was on the short side i.e. click, click and the actors disappear. It was only the second preview so hopefully, it'll come together.Written on Aug 20 2010
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I have seen MacBeth many times, but I really enjoyed this interpretation. It was quite eery but effective. The acting was outstanding.Written on Sep 08 2010
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glenhart
This was one of the best Shakespeare adaptations I've ever seen. The cast was fabulous especially the two lead roles. The modernization of the costumes made the story much easier to follow and really creepy. I would recommend it highly even if you are not a Shakespeare fan. Great job Cal Shakes!!! P.S. Dress warm!!Written on Sep 08 2010
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Renee S.
Gritty, passionate version, with excellent acting and surprising post-apocalyptic kind of setting, costumes and props. Macbeth was portrayed as definitely tortured by his horrible actions and Lady Macbeth believably plays an accomplice gone crazy with guilt. We got moved from E to H terrace section so more central and good view of all the bloody gore and murderous plots. We enjoyed the production and recommend it to others.Written on Aug 20 2010
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More Information About Macbeth
Website
http://www.calshakes.org/v4/ourplays/2010/macbeth.html
Description
This gripping production of Shakespeare’s thrilling supernatural tragedy takes place as if in a fever dream—a world wherein prophecies and witchcraft are part of everyday reality. As he did in his wildly creative production of Pericles in 2008, director Joel Sass will work with an ensemble of eight actors to make a highly charged and thoroughly unique interpretation of this epic tale of unbridled ambition.
According to Sass, the production will be “contemporary, incorporating strong elements of a gritty ‘reality’ but primarily evoking a world and behavior that is more dreamlike, interior, psychological…I’m after a sort of David Lynch-y quality I’d characterize as feverish, ominous, and slightly ritualized.”
“Macbeth is one of the most well-known plays of Shakespeare, but my hope is that our production will still be packed with surprises and feel fresh, new, and immediate. Adapting it for a cast of eight is both challenging and really exciting, because the experience of the story becomes very concentrated, very intimate. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most intense, harrowing journeys – he takes the audience on a dark ride into the most private ecstasies and agonies of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. My hope is that we’ll create a surprising, psychological thriller/horror show, and not a history pageant/morality play.”
Written in the early 1600s and first performed for King James I, son of Mary, Queen of Scots, Macbeth is loosely based on several stories in Holinshed's Chronicles, a popular history of the British Isles familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The shortest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, it has been the subject of numerous artistic treatments, including an opera by Verdi; an all-African-American stage production produced by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA) and directed by Orson Welles; the Akiro Kurosawa film, Throne of Blood; and a 2010 interactive graphic novel with voiceovers by Derek Jacobi, among others.
About the Ticket Supplier: California Shakespeare Theater
The California Shakespeare Theater is committed to being a leading community citizen by nourishing the imaginations of audiences, artists and learners of all ages. We are dedicated to creating boldly imagined and deeply entertaining interpretations of Shakespeare's plays, fresh rediscoveries of important works of World Theater, and new works inspired by classic literature. Through our Artistic Learning programs, we are devoted to providing meaningful and accessible educational opportunities to a diversity of learners throughout the Greater Bay Area.