The pivotal death of Mercutio (Alan Brinks) is given much less space than the proceeding fight scene.” Phindie review In Quintessence Theatre Group’s 2015 Romeo and Juliet, critic Chris Munden finds that the focus on language and youthful energy comes at the expense of the pathos in the plot itself. “Gary Avis’s Tybalt steals the show.” (Luke Jennings, The Observer) LIVE IN CINEMAS, Sept 2015 Emiley Kiser and Connor Hammond in the Quintessence production. Royal Ballet performs the MacMillan version: Mercutio: Alexander Campbell Tybalt: Gary Avis. Who knew they were gentle swains? This show has everything including smart-alecky talk about romance: Paris: “I do not take seconds.” Mercutio: “Well, it’s hard not to do so in Verona.” Under the lively direction of David Kahawaii IV, Starcrossed brings out the gay blades- later accidentally dead blades.īranagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet 2016 Derek Jacobi is Mercutio and Ansu Kabia is Tybalt. Tybalt, a slave to duty and reputation, finds Mercutio positively alluring. She explores the connection of bold Tybalt (Eric Bermudez) and nimble Mercutio (Connor Delves). ![]() Starcrossed 2018 NY International Fringe Festival Rachel Garnet’s clever, clever writing twists Shakespeare’s immortal words to produce a hidden back story to the Capulet-Montague feud. Royal Ballet’s Romeo says, “ To have a Tybalt come at you with a sword with the look in the eye that they are genuinely going to stab you if you don’t block.” PS: The Royal Ballet’s ancient 2007 R&J is out there on DVD. ![]() It screened at the Ritz 5 and Bryn Mawr Film Institute in ’19: /productions/romeo-and-juliet-by-kenneth-macmillan “The Royal Opera House’s live recording of Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is the production that will change the way you see this well-known story, the conflicts that exist around you, and ballet itself.” Eri Yonida, 2019 Phindie review Royal Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet, 2018-19 performed at Royal Opera House. “If the poetry of the text is cut or elided by speedy delivery and attempts at humor and the basis of the tragedy is given short shrift, what are we left with? What about Shakespeare do we want kids to like?” Chris Munden, 2019 Phindie review gets full license to rework his character’s dialog…”. Wilma “Mercutio is just one of Shakespeare’s constellation of fully-formed characters surrounding the star-crossed lovers.” “A hip hop Mercutio, played by real-life MC Anthony Martinez Briggs of Ill Doots…. What I’m really interested in is his Tybalt. In the morning, with many guests in the lobby, they hung around, fishing out the carrots and eating them. The men bought carrots and chopped them into 3 or 4 inch pieces and secretly dropped them into the pool of water at night. There was a fountain with goldfish swimming around in its basin. He told a tale about how during shooting he and the guys in the cast, who were put up in lovely hotels in several Italian cities, had an idea in Rome. I learned of this when ( as a very young child) I spoke with Michael York, a special guest of the PA College English Assn at Pittsburgh’s Station Square Sheraton in 1994. He said he had a Michael York, not a knockoff. York’s agent got wind of it and called Zeffirelli. Romeo & Juliet (1968, Paramount Pictures) Director Franco Zeffirelli was looking for a Michael York type to cast as Tybalt in his Romeo and Juliet. Theaters are closed, yet some productions can be accessed online. If you’ve got the time, I’ve got the shows. You’ll recall that Mercutio is a friend of Romeo’s. My main takeaway from R&J is two far more remarkable characters: Mercutio and Tybalt. ![]() However, I’m not especially interested in either Romeo or Juliet. In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old.
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