Shakespeare in the Cemetery - HAMLET - Fri & Sun, 6/22-7/29

[Not Afraid]

This is something we should probably make plans to see. (http://www.shakespeareinthecemetery.com/)

In keeping with Hollywood Forever's mission to serve as a cultural center for the city of Los Angeles and in recognition of the lack of quality outdoor community events, Shakespeare In The Cemetery was born. Our guests are invited to bring a picnic dinner to enjoy, a blanket to sit on and friends with which to share an inspiring evening. Picnic as the sun goes down and prepare to be entranced by a magical performance of a play by the western worlds greatest writer.




$20 at the gate or you can purchase in advance.

Gates Open at 7:00PM
Play Starts at 8:30PM


I'm up for a Sunday.

[Disneyphile]

We're up for any Sunday but the 14th. :D That sounds totally cool!

[Gemini Cricket]

My favorite Shakespeare play!
:)

Hmmmm.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We're so up for this. :D

[Prudence]

Will they be getting a permanent resident to play the ghost?

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

I am up for it - but July is a busy month for me - thou shall seeith.

[ozron]

Will they be getting a permanent resident to play the ghost?

Or is there possibly an open grave for the Yorick scene?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

If you lived in Shakespeare's time, what would you take to a picnic dinner? *waits for Ren Faire geeks to do the research for her*

[innerSpaceman]

oooooh Turkey Legs! Yum.






(but, um, count me out for this. It's my least favorite Shakespeare play ... and I'm spending enough time at the cemetary this summer as it is.)

[Kevy Baby]

If you lived in Shakespeare's time, what would you take to a picnic dinner? *waits for Ren Faire geeks to do the research for her*Disneyphile (or Frodo Potter, but he is scarce here lately) could answer this better than I, but basically meats, cheeses, breads and fruits would be considered "period"

oooooh Turkey Legs! Yum.Actually not considered "period"

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, I know. That's why I loathed when they invaded the Faire.


Churro invasion was even worse.

[Strangler Lewis]

Will they be getting a permanent resident to play the ghost?

Or is there possibly an open grave for the Yorick scene?

Euro, Boss Radio and I were in a production of Hamlet in high school. Euro played the ghost. Boss Radio played The Gravedigger--two roles combined, which meant he talked to himself. Very funny.

As for me, well, let's just say I still remember most of Hamlet's speeches.

Which means I played Claudius.

F****** R******.

[AllyOops!]

This makes me think of Medieval Times. The first time I ever visited, they served you cornish game hens that "you had to eat with your fingers because silverware wasn't of the time" (Not my words before anyone should jump. Please take it up with Medieval Times.) ;)

They didn't think to question the Pepsi chillin' inside my goblet that they had served all of us. I guess I wasn't made aware that Pepsi was quite the royal treat back in those days. Or the cardboard crown that I wore on my head. Even better, the pina coladas & margaritas that we knocked back the last time I visited umpteen years ago. Golly, all I wanted was a fork. And a spoon. And a knife. And a bean & cheese burrito.

Gack..oily foul stained digits. Double gack! :( Still, we had lots of fun!

Edited to add: I think the last time that I visited I was able to score a fork. Whoohoo!

[Kevy Baby]

"you had to eat with your fingers because silverware wasn't of the time" (Not my words before anyone should jump. Please take it up with Medieval Times.) ;)Eating utensils were semi-commonly available in the Medieval era, but it was typically just for those with at least *some* money. Considering they "treat you like royalty", I would think they should be consistent and offer eating utensils.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Bring oranges for sure-- the whores in the audience at the original productions held them to identify their wares.

Heh.

We're so there. Directed this one in college (hence the screen name, actually)

[Ghoulish Delight]

They served potatoes at Medieval Times. POTATOES! :mad:

[Morrigoon]

Disneyphile (or Frodo Potter, but he is scarce here lately) could answer this better than I, but basically meats, cheeses, breads and fruits would be considered "period"

Actually not considered "period"

Or even *local*, unless you were an early settler.

I guess I should chime in that I may be interested in this.

[Ponine]

I am not in... far too much in July to even think about it.
Can you say Comic-con??

But let me just state for the record....

I love Hamlet, and I want to go!!!

<thank you>

[Alex]

Why would you want to eat authentic period food? Unless you were pretty well off, if you lived in the city you were eating stale, unhygienic foods that by today's standards were minimally spiced and utterly unappetizing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow, they had Taco Bell back then?

[Prudence]

If anyone actually needs recipes, give me a holler. By Shakespeare's day, food was beginning to look more familiar. (Evolution of the banquet course, salads that look like today's fancy restaurant salads with the fruit and nuts and whatnot, etc...) I think eating forks were still seen as a weird Italian tools that proper English folk would never use. (Except as part of a carving set, like a modern meat fork.)