Thursday, May 14, 2020

At-home learning #52


Theater for for the weekend
We've mentioned these before, but they bear repeating:
  • The Folger Shakespeare Library and Theater at Harvard has a full version of Macbeth with lots of extra features: what's the deal with Mrs. Macbeth? Is there really humor in this grim tale of naked ambition and murder? Available through June. Check out a full page of goodies: https://www.folger.edu/video-macbeth-folger-theatre
  • NT Live continues its free streaming, with a new play each week. Beginning today, it's the sellout The Barbershop Chronicles, focusing on the central role barbershops play in the lives of African and Anglo-African men. It's a "heartwarming, hilarious and insightful new play that leaps from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day." Go to YouTube and search "NT Live. For upcoming productions, go to https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home and scroll to the bottom.