DRUNK SHAKESPEER FULL

DRUNK SHAKESPEER FULL

Lady Macbeth (Lindsey Hope Pearlman) was demonic and powerful, not shying away from going full crazy, but in a way that said college meltdown more than Scottish queen. Tim Haber was a strong and comical Macbeth (bet you’ve never read that before): ripping off his shirt at one point, delivering the “If it were done when ’tis done” monologue in German to pay homage to his German heritage. Sause imitated a different famous figure astoundingly well each time he entered as Ross to deliver messages everything from his Christopher Walken, to his Gilbert Gottfried, to his (of course) Donald Trump were completely on point. He switched from Banquo, to the Porter, to one of the Witches with ease. I don’t know how drunk he actually was, but Leyenberger was hysterically funny, making the audience laugh and root for him all at once. The outstanding ensemble brought this audience-inclusive energy to the house with their unique, modern takes on their characters. Tim Haber stars as Macbeth in Drunk Shakespeare. “Off with his head!” Leyenberger gamely downed another shot. After both sobriety challenges - including a spontaneously and incredibly well-delivered Titus monologue - they deemed he wasn’t. Two other audience members, who had won the auction to sit in the King’s and Queen’s chairs that night, intervened twice to check if Leyenberger was drunk enough. Sometimes they are: audience members were chosen to play small parts like dead Duncan or Banquo’s murderers. The audience is always visible their reactions become part of the show as if they, too, were characters. Click To Tweetĭrunk Shakespeare is full of small moments of fun audience participation, the kind the audience was clamouring to be involved in. Henry IV Part 2: Act 2, Scene 4 I pray you, do not fall in love with me, For I am falser than vows made in wine.You don’t have to dress in period costume to do Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice : Act 1, Scene 1 A man cannot make him laugh – but that’s no marvel he drinks no wine. Than my heart cool with mortifying groans Macbeth: Act 2, Scene 3 Let my liver rather heat with wine Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes it provokes the desire but takes away the performance. The Merry Wives Of Windsor: Act 1, Scene 1 Drink sir, is a great provoker of three things….nose-painting, sleep and urine. Henry V: Act 3, Scene 2 Why, sir, for my part I say the gentleman had drunk himself out of his five senses. Othello: Act 2, Scene 3 I would give all my fame for a pot of ale. Twelfth Night: Act 2, Scene 3 Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used. Read on below to see the top Shakespeare quotes about drink from across all of his works: Do you think because you are virtuous, that there shall be no more cakes and ale? As always with Shakespeare, he used everyday things to characterise the people who populate the world of his plays, and used drinks as metaphors to create impressions of the times he lived in. Shakespeare’s plays are full of reference to drink (usually alcoholic drinks!). Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.

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