Today’s quote is from Twelfth Night:
The actor in the photo is Creston Clarke (1865-1910). A member of the Booth theatrical family (he was the nephew of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth), Clarke began his career in England, but spent the last part of his life in America, eventually forming his own repertory company. He died at the young age of 44.
Image Source: Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection
Does turning the house lights on create distance between the actors and the audience?
Radical Idea: Every Show Should Have House Lights On
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Today’s theater community faces big questions about our relationship to the general public—how to attract (and hold onto) new audiences, how to handle the omnipresence of cell phones, how to make people feel more welcome, etc. In short, how can artists best connect with their audiences? I don’t clai...
The Science of Shakespeare
From Big Think: Shakespeare frequently shifts the grammatical functions of words. Turns out, our brains find these "functional shifts" pretty exciting.
