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ted to the idea that Shakespeare is about everyone-male and female-the SSE is not an all-male company, but they try to re-create some of the fun of gender confusions by casting women as men and men as women.
We cannot know the precise running time of a Shakespeare play in the Renaissance, but the Chorus in Romeo and Juliet promises "two hours’ traffic of our stage.”
The Express tries to fulfill this promise through brisk pacing, no intermission, and a continuous flow of dramatic action.
Shakespeare had a soundtrack. Above the stage, musicians played an assortment of string, wind, and percussion instruments before, during, and after the play. The plays are sprinkled with songs for which lyrics but not much of the music survive.
The SSE sets many of these songs in contemporary style. The result is emblematic of the SSE approach: a commitment to Shakespeare’s text and to the mission of connecting that text to modern audiences.
In, Twelfth Night, one of his most popular plays, Shakespeare creates comedy at every elevation from low slapstick to high irony. Writing at the height of his powers, Shakespeare gives us in one play a feast of language and a stage full of memorable characters — from the lovesick Orsino and Viola to the alesick Toby Belch, from the fop Sir Andrew Aguecheek to the jerk Malvolio. Sublime and subversive, Twelfth Night breaks rules and bends gender to show love in all its all its guises and disguises.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy a marvelous evening of theater, Saturday, Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. at Rappahannock County High School (Tickets at the door, $10 for adults, $5 for students).
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