tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post5969362376761767456..comments2024-03-04T15:23:07.880+00:00Comments on Northern Voices: Six O' the Best Northern Theatres & the need for the Arts in the NorthBlanco Posnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288856212231100137noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-74603194026297058312012-06-27T14:56:01.663+01:002012-06-27T14:56:01.663+01:00Yes, I suppose evidence of this is what has been h...Yes, I suppose evidence of this is what has been happening with the socalled Summer of Olympian Theatrics? In today's 'Herald Tribune', Matt Wolf writes: 'The mother of these theatrical immersions has now finished, alas... refering to the Globe... project at Shakespeare's Globe, which allowed playgoers to sample the Bard's 37-play output in as many languages, not all of them spoken: British Sign Language was the chosen conduit for "Love's Labour Lost," a fascinating pairing given that Shakespeare's defining comedy about male abstinence is also his most verbally knotted.' Then there has been 'Troilus & Cressida' from New Zealand performed in Maori and 'Hamlet' in Lithuanian.bammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889214646896381113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-61644836460859628582012-06-23T06:58:48.766+01:002012-06-23T06:58:48.766+01:00Spike Lee said a similar thing to Oprah when she a...Spike Lee said a similar thing to Oprah when she asked why people would go to his film about Malcolm X - because the particular is universal. That's the same reason people go to Woody Allen comedies, he continued - because if you look at one situation in various ways - as Allen does in relation to New York intellectuals - you find truths that people anywhere can identify with.<br /><br />In the same way, Shakespeare found truths particular to the situation of the English people at that time which resonate universally. This is how Shakespeare is so good at providing people of all traditions with opportunities to be multicultural in an English context.Joe Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813771610543530480noreply@blogger.com