Out of my 'zone'

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Coriolanus



We came across the Globe Theatre completely on accident! Tickets in the yard were only £5 and played in an hour! As you've guessed, we bought the tickets and grabbed a bite to eat.
I was very anxious to get there early because standing didn't seem to leave many options for view. With my sort of luck we'd be stuck behind a monstrously huge woman and pushy guy spilling beer down our backs! As it turned out, the only suprise we had was a smudged leather clad cast member pushed against us during the first act.
The play began rather unexpectedly with the Roman citizens pushing their way through the crowd in the yard and onto the stage. The entire show was three hours long including an intermission, a welcomed 15 minutes during which we happily rested our legs. I became acutely aware of my legs after about an hour into the show. During the second half I became such captive viewer that I hardly noticed they were there! The actor, Jonathan Cake who played Coriolanus gave a great performance. His tears looked quite sincere. Another actor most noticed was Joseph Marcell, who played the butler in "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". It was a stunning performance and I was glad to have stumbled upon Globe when we did.

VALERIA: O' my word, the father's son! I'll swear, 'tis a very pretty boy. O' my troth, I looked upon him a Wednesday half an hour together; has such a confirmed countenance! I saw him run after a gilded butterfly; and when he caught it, he let it go again, and after it again, and over and over he comes, and again, catched it again; or whether his fall enraged him, or how 'twas, he did so set his teeth and tear it. O, I warrant, how he mammocked it!
VOLUMNIA: One on 's father's moods.
VALERIA: Indeed, la, 'tis a noble child.

-Coriolanus, I, iii

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