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Every play has its difficulties.
From Tennessee Williams’“Glass Menagerie” with its emphasis on realism, to Tom Stoppard’s wacky “Rosencrantz and Guildenstem Are Dead,” a director must find answers to problems in the plays’ construction. With Shakespeare the challenges are multiplied. First, there is a language and meter with which we modern English speakers are unfamiliar. Next, there are the allusions to classical and Elizabethan practices and manners. And add to that the seemingly daunting requirements of stage combat and any Company wishing to tadde these plays might have second thoughts.
Luckily, The Rappahannock Repertory Company has the sage and scholarly assistance of Brad Waller, Master Fight Director. Bringing his decades of experience to Cliff Miller’s School House for the next six months, Brad’s careful technique and instructions will, we hope, equip the Young Actors Wing with the skills necessary to make the tragedies and history plays that were written centuries ago, live.
Brad arrived last Saturday with a supply of Home Depot yard sticks. Eventually the
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