"I had an actor once who was condemned to hang for stealing a sheep…. I got permission to have him hanged in the middle of a play…and you wouldn't believe it, he just wasn't convincing. It was impossible to suspend one's disbelief."—"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard"In theater the death that happens offstage is the most real."—"An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening" by Mickle MaherIn onstage death scene can indeed be challenging. When I suggested writing on this topic, my editor recalled Francesca Annis' demise as Gertrude in "Hamlet," opposite Ralph Fiennes: "A sharp, instantaneous snap of the neck. Very dramatic, and also very silly."For Oregon Shakespeare Festival's current Gertrude, Greta Oglesby, being poisoned was initially intimidating because she'd never died onstage before. "It's not like I...
- 6/11/2010
- backstage.com
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