Why do I like Shakespeare?
Nobody like Shakespeare is to understand the contradictory human condition in all its complexity and get to shape it in their works in such a profound and universal. His sense of life is summed up in his brilliant quote:
"I always feel happy. You know why? Because I do not expect anything from anyone; to wait always hurts; life is short, so love life; be happy and always smile; only live for you and remember: before you speak, listen; before you write, think; before you hurt, feel; before you hate, love; before you give up, try; before you die, LIVE "
It has recently passed through Madrid in the Canal Theatres, the British theater company The Propeller.
It specializes in the representation of Shakespeare's plays, and it´s produced and admirably directed by Edward Hall since the 90s. It is characterized by sticking strictly to the texts of Shakespeare, with a start-modern scene while maintaining the tradition of being represented exclusively by male actors, as it was habitual in the time of Shakespeare. "Twelfth Night" and exhibited "The taming of the Shrew", in both,the moral is as simple as the most important thing in life -selfless love, what else could be asked for the sense of life?.
The company is brilliant with a cast of excellent actors; the representation is extremely funny, amazing, great, with extreme intensity, and a stage with a very contemporary aesthetic that makes it very attractive.
One of the interpretations that have fascinated me was Richard III at the Old Vic Theater in London, with a powerful and disturbing interpretation of the labor Kevin Spacey and directed by Sam Mendes.
It was sublime, with cinematic elements of a terrifying beauty. Difficult role for any actor after the superb performance carried out with a great psychological burden by Laurence Olivier.
Our Spanish version of the play Macbeth Helena Pepper, director of the National Theatre Company, would be worthy of it.
Unforgettable also the Hamlet of Alberto San Juan, at Matadero Madrid.
But to fully understand the historical character of Richard III through the eyes of Shakespeare, is nothing better than to see the documentary "Looking for Richard" Al Pacino; documentary is directed and represented by himself as Richard III. Shakespeare, I endow unlike other evil, in a very clear conscience that made him be fully aware of what he did. Nothing to do with the "banality of evil", about who Hannah Arendt wrote masterfully in her book on the Eichmann trial.
recommendations:
The Propeller Theater Company in July in Hampstead Theater, London
