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Those of an "am dram" bent will love this witty exposition of the Macbeth tale. It is ideal for groups who have more women members than men, and looks at the struggles of putting on an all female production of the Scottish play.
Whilst the plot is a familiar one of hopeless amateurs hopelessly out of their league, the writing is sharp and the puns glorious. ("Macbeth: How goes the night?
Boy:"the moon is down" cue hardboard moon crashing to the floor.)
I directed this play a few years ago in the tiny Somerset village of Batcombe, and it was a huge success, no more so when the hapless (male) stage manager is a last minute replacement for the missing woman playing Lady Macbeth(she got on the wrong bus)getting more and more into the part but overstretching himself in the climactic handwashing scene and launching into the opening speech of Richard III.
A detailed knowledge of the original play is not required, and this text is a glorious romp through Shakespeare and the pretensions of those who aspire to a world beyond the village hall. Best viewed on stage, but a page turning laugh a minute.
Rob Campbell
Whilst the plot is a familiar one of hopeless amateurs hopelessly out of their league, the writing is sharp and the puns glorious. ("Macbeth: How goes the night?
Boy:"the moon is down" cue hardboard moon crashing to the floor.)
I directed this play a few years ago in the tiny Somerset village of Batcombe, and it was a huge success, no more so when the hapless (male) stage manager is a last minute replacement for the missing woman playing Lady Macbeth(she got on the wrong bus)getting more and more into the part but overstretching himself in the climactic handwashing scene and launching into the opening speech of Richard III.
A detailed knowledge of the original play is not required, and this text is a glorious romp through Shakespeare and the pretensions of those who aspire to a world beyond the village hall. Best viewed on stage, but a page turning laugh a minute.
Rob Campbell
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Funny and Hysterical!
13 April 2002
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Our school recently started performing this play at our school and I think it is absolutely funny. I have never read the book, but I am sure it is just as funny as the play was.
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