Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Shakespeare in the Parks 2014

Another year, another Montana Shakespeare in the Parks play here in Kalispell.   This year: As You Like It

A surprise... I was on time as I got there on my bicycle several minutes before the play started.

I don't know... maybe I'm not fond of Shakespeare plays.  The old way of talking can be hard to follow and each play's structure seems the same.  I'm not fond of long soliloquies of a character speaking his or her mind to the audience.

The actors this year were good so I had no complaints there.  As you can may remember from last year's photos, the production brings their own stage as they visit many small towns in Montana without a stage.

Photos 1 through 3: in the beginning two brothers fighting.





A boxing match between the younger brother and a boxer sponsored by the evil Duke and the older brother.  This is where the younger brother first meets Rosalind.





Then most of the cast hides out in the forest.  Rosalind pretends to be a man when hiding.



Touchstone rambling on about something.  Wasn't important.


The ending where most everyone gets married.


Here is one minute from the play:  the boxing scene and a brief bit at the end where everyone is happy about getting married.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45hHxDjPMOk&feature=youtu.be

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