ending poem--averill

Different hues and different shades appear in stories told
through time and space the tale of love, in every shape is sold
across three scripts what could have been potential love most true,
Lust, dishonesty, hate and haste have tragic endings drew.

Conflicting views from either side fashioned a love in the middle
A bond began through a look and haste, but logic, there was little

When truth from vivious lips doth fall, on ears already feighn'd
Honesty's lost, by sad misuse, for promise's now tainted

If born from lust, but care not of the struggles of their brother,
both fault the end in guise of truth deceiving both the other.

Is love in vein? Once can search these tales of sordid action
(so choose yourself, which course you'll take, to counter) Shakespeare's fiction.

(i don't like the last line. and a few lines in between)

Ending Poem-Martina

Well, it's short and not in Shakespearean, but here's what I came up with as a potential ending poem. It would be great for everyone else to post their's too so I don't feel so lame! Thanks:)

If your love is born of lust,
come to a speedy end, it must.
If you love stems from familial hate,
no happily ever after can be your fate.
If your love starts with the breaking of an oath,
your lover will soon find your promises loath.
Lasting love is born of honesty and trust.
Without these labours, your love will be a bust.

Voila! Done! And I even tied in the title of our show.

The REAL Schedule.

This is it. The really real thing. I will print this out in a packet, along with everyone's scripts and contact information. It's really coming together team! :D

Date	Place	Time	Schedule
Nov. 17 (Thursday)	Stage! JFSB-B192	class	Finalize script/ending poem
Nov. 19 (Saturday)	Stage! JFSB-B192	1:00-3:30	Block show.
Nov. 29 (Tuesday)	Class	class	MUST HAVE LINES MEMORIZED. There will be a quiz. If you fail, you will fail at life. moral of that story: memorize your lines.
Dec. 1 (Thursday)	Class	Class	Production elements meeting: Costumes, lighting, sounds/recordings, etc.
Dec. 3 Saturday (Maybe)	TBD	TBD	TBD (may or may not be out of town)
Dec. 5 (Monday)	STAGE JFSB-B192	8:00-11:00	Cast FHE--work out kinks
Dec. 7 (Wednesday)	STAGE	7:30-11	Dress rehearsal. (start at 8:00) Tell family and friends. We’ll need to practice for laughter etc.
Dec. 8 (Thursday)	Stage	Class	Final problems.
December 9	Stage	Call time: TBD (have room from 5-11)	OPENING NIGHT (and closing)

Check IT.

Love's Labours Rough Rehearsal Schedule

Tis a little small, but hopefully readable. Let's talk about as a group whether or not we want to add some extra rehearsals there towards the end.

Date:	Tue. 15	Thur. 17	Sat. 19	Turkey Break	Tue. 29	Thur. Dec. 1	Sat. 3	Mon.5	Tue. 6	Dec. 8	Fri. 9
Sched.	Finalize Script	Finalize Script	REAL first read-through	No rehearsal	Must have lines MEMORIZED	Production elements meeting	(TBA) (might possibly be in NY)	Cast FHE! Problems	Problems	“	OPENING (and Brittni's bday)
Time	Class	Class	1-3:30	YAY	Class	Class	1-3:30	7-?	Class	+ 7-?	TBD

Let me know if any of these dramatically conflict with personal schedules.

p.s. I have more specific directors notes about blocking/cutting/acting notes etc. (Just so you know) but i don't want to post ALL of our secrets

More accurate one will be posted tonight with places and times. 

First Read Through

I shared this on my individual blog, but once again here is the video from our meeting last Friday. Enjoy.
 -Martina

Yay Research!!

Okay gang, here goes group posting. I just spent some quality time with Google and Youtube. It was quite fun. And involved getting distracted watching David Tennant videos...(He was in The Royal Shakespeare Company before Doctor Who, so there was some sort of connection!) The only thing I could find that was kinda like what we are doing is from a group called the Reduced Shakespeare Company. They have one show where they did the Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, and it's genius. The section with the comedies is my favorite:


Way more entertaining after having actually studied some of the comedies and getting their jokes.
The thing about this company is that they turn everything into humor. I'm not saying out show should be one big joke joke, because it definitely shouldn't be, but the every once in a while break from character to show that you're not taking yourself too seriously could be fun..
I also wanted to point out how they did their costuming. We haven't talked much about costume, but I love how they mix authentic costume with modern clothing. You can see it a lot better in this video. I like how they have a sense of continuity with all their crazy costuming, because they're all wearing high-top converse. I'm not saying we need to all go out and buy matching shoes. Something like the color-coded shirts we were talking about in class could work, too. I just think we need to have some sort of unity across the costuming. Just a thought. Let me know what you think.
-Martina

How do we feel about a common blog for our final project?

Love's Labours Lost

Romeo and Juliet

Love's Labours

Hey everybody, if we like the idea of creating a common blog for our final project, I entitled the name of our blog as "Lovers of Shakespeare."  GET IT???  Hopefully the pun isn't to hard to catch seeing as we are casted as lovers of Shakespeare and also happen to collectively be lovers of Shakespeare...  

Anyway, last night Averill and I spent a couple hours watching a classic version of Romeo and Juliet and ate some incredibly buttery popcorn... and now have a great foundation for our script.  We focused on the classic lines that pertain to the way we have divided up the material for our three 1 1/2 minute scenes.

Lastly, in class today, I can give everyone the passwords etc. associated with everything if this is 

something we are interested in doing.    

Hamlet and Ophelia

I liked Matt's idea that he brought up in class on Tuesday, and thought this could be a great way for our group to inform each other on our progress, address road blocks, and a put up and develop ideas we have for our final project.