Even in the best of times, the Bard has always been a challenging sell in the Philippines. Some will find the iambic pentameter too archaic, the verse too flowery or ornate, and won’t get past the charge of Elizabethan times being ‘ancient history.’
You have two more nights of Bite-Sized Shakespeare this Sept. 25 & 26, so give yourself a treat and enrich your life! It’s a community theater that’s intimate, enjoyable, and of high quality. Yet, as the defenders of Shakespeare will insist, the emotions, the delicacy of the language, and the meaning behind the verse all hold universal truths that are as relevant today as they were during the times they were staged at the Globe.
So over at Kashmir Live Poblacion, for four days this month - Sept. 18 & 19, 25 & 26 - Carl Cariño is directing his Everyman’s intimate theatre series in a production called Bite-Sized Shakespeare. As the title suggests, it’s selected scenes and poetry from William’s canon.
One sweet sidebar note is that Issa’s eldest daughter, Bella, is a member of the GRID ensemble and does scenes on stage with her mother for the first time! It’s a touching moment, heightened on the night that Issa’s father watched the two, as Issa likes to tell the story of how her love for Shakespeare partly comes from how her father would read Shakespeare to her late at night when she was a young girl.
You have two more nights of Bite-Sized Shakespeare this Sept. 25 & 26, so give yourself a treat and enrich your life! It’s a community theater that’s intimate, enjoyable, and of high quality.
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