Monday, April 18, 2011

Preparing for MayWorks

An hour rehearsing with Kim Parkhill, reprising Brutus' "Give me your hands, all o'er, one by one…" speech from Julius Caesar, and rehearsing the Brecht/Eisler Einheitsfrontlied, performed with dominoes. Positioning: under a table for Shakespeare, the other actors conspiratorially huddled as stand-in audience; on a table-top for the Song of the United Front. Lighting by flashlights. In the former, Brutus pleads in favour of political action against an oppressive leader; in the latter, workers are rallied to action to change an oppressive class system. (Photos by Zach Faye.)

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