Audience Showcard
As I ready myself for Saturday's trip up to Santa Barbara to see the Globe Theatre's touring production of Love's Labor's Lost at the Granada Theater, I've been doing a quick inventory of the plays I've seen...
Of all of these, the '79 Tempest was the most magical, the McKellen Richard III the most mind-blowing, and '90 Mark Taper Forum Caesar the most inventive. Here's hoping Saturday is great...
What's your greatest moment of live Shakespeare?
| Play | Year / Venue |
|---|---|
| The Comedy of Errors | '90: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Titus Andronicus | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | '91: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Henry VI Part 1 | '91: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Henry VI Part 2 | '91/2: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Henry VI Part 3 | '92: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Richard III | '92: Ian McKellen Touring Production--UCLA '93: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Love's Labor's Lost | '09: Globe Touring Production--Granada Theater |
| Two Gentlemen of Verona | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | '90: Kenneth Branagh Touring Production--Mark Taper Forum '93: Oregon Shakespeare Festival '99: Ahmanson Theater (Peter Hall) |
| Romeo and Juliet | '01: Ahmanson Theater (Peter Hall) |
| King John | |
| The Merchant of Venice | '91: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Richard II | '92: Mark Taper Forum |
| Henry IV Part 1 | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | |
| Henry V | '89: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | '90: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| As You Like It | '92: Oregon Shakespeare Festival '04: Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival |
| Much Ado About Nothing | |
| Julius Caesar | '90: Mark Taper Forum '91: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Twelfth Night | '03: Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival |
| Hamlet | '92: California Shakespeare Company |
| Troilus and Cressida | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | '92: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Measure For Measure | '99: Ahmanson Theater (Peter Hall) |
| Othello | '92: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| King Lear | '85: Robert Wilson Production--UCLA '90: Kenneth Branagh Touring Production--Mark Taper Forum '91: PCPA |
| Macbeth | '09: Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival |
| Antony and Cleopatra | '93: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| Timon of Athens | |
| Pericles Prince of Tyre | |
| Coriolanus | |
| Cymbeline | |
| A Winter's Tale | '90: Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| The Tempest | '79: Mark Taper Forum (Anthony Hopkins) '02: Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival |
Of all of these, the '79 Tempest was the most magical, the McKellen Richard III the most mind-blowing, and '90 Mark Taper Forum Caesar the most inventive. Here's hoping Saturday is great...
What's your greatest moment of live Shakespeare?
My favorites to date were Ojai Shakespeare Festival productions at the Libby Bowl. Something magical about the intimate setting. Loved seeing Midsummer Nights Dream back in probably 1999? After The Tempest my kids and their friends all voted Caliban the best character and sang his song the whole way home. Best for captivating kids. Oh and I absolutely love the seriously bawdy versions of Shakespeare at the Renaissance Faire. (Best for captivating teens!)
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There s NOTHING like open air Shakespeare! Ojai is a great venue... I've been derelict in my duty getting out there for the last decade or so... but I can't wait what's on the schedule for next summer!
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