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of intelligence, spirit and sheer kinetic energy is profoundly exciting. This is pure Shakespeare, richly alive."
SSE aims to present Shakespeare the way the shows would have been performed in his day, while making the reference points - costumes, music and such - as modern for today's audiences as the originals were in Shakespeare's time. • Since light boards were a .long way from invention in Shakespeare's time, plays were usually performed in the afternoon.
SSE performs with house lights on, meaning that, like Shakespeare's actors, SSE actors can see and engage with their audience.
Shakespeare’s company performed on a large wooden platform unadorned by fixed sets or scenery, though a few large pieces-thrones, tombs, tables-were occasionally used ,to ornament a scene. The SSE uses minimal sets, with occasional boxes or set pieces to indicate location or provide a changing area; but, like Shakespeare, relying on the audience's imagination to piece out "our imperfections."
Costuming was important to the theater companies of Shakespeare's day for three reasons.
First, the frequently lavish costumes provided fresh color and design for the theatres, which otherwise did
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