Review of Titus Andronicus

When watching Titus Andronicus on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company all my expectations were met, I thought it was a fantastic piece of drama which has gave me plenty ideas of what I would like to do for my segment I have to recreate on Monday, I thought that the start of the play was very good and it met what I expected, it is a very intense play with lots of death and betrayal, at times the play did become hard to understand however as the story progressed the bits I did not understand came to light and my questions were answered. I felt thought that later on in the play when Titus was meant to be crazy he was slightly over played, by this I mean he was meant to pretending to be crazy yet he came across as if he had completely lost it and the maid dress he was wearing added to this and because it was over played it became less believable , however the acting of other characters was to a very high standard and if my group performs anything like the across in the play which I feel they can do the piece I have to film will be of a very high standard.

This has influenced my decisions  that I will make as a director , as I have learned about the positioning of the characters, how they will appear on set and move within the shot, also I have learned from watching this about the type of energy I need my actors to give of for the performance.

We will be using a slightly edited script from the one that was used in this performance, the language will remain the same, however to fit it all into one piece, we shall be cutting out part of the scene. Seeing this live performance has gave me an insight in how this new shot should be presented, in order to capture the Shakespearean style.