Grassroots Shakespeare Co.

Back in Elizabethian days, acting and stage performances were very different from how they are today.
There were no producers.
No costume designers, so every costume was made of whatever the actor had on hand.
The audience was very interactive. They'd cheer, boo, they'd converse with the actors on stage, etc. 
There wasn't very much rehearsal time, most stage groups were brought together from a week in advance to the morning of the show and they would "rehearse".
There was a lot of improvisation. 

Well the Grassroots Shakespeare Company tries to make their plays as authentic as possible. 
We had been to a Grassroots play before in Salt Lake, I think we saw McBeth that time. This time it was the tale of Doctor Faustus, a greedy magician willing to sell his soul to the devil for fame and fortune. It was an awesome play! The actors are so energetic and funny. We brought some blankets and hot chocolate, making it the perfect pre-Halloween date.

The plays are often held at the amphitheater castle behind the mental hospital. I'd never been there before, and I thought it was so cool! We got there twenty minutes early to beat the crowds, so we got to watch a band sing versions of song in Halloween spooky style. 


The pictures below are of the actual play. The people standing by the stage are "groundlings", those tickets are cheaper but you have to stand for 2 hours.






We loved it!
( Clayton loving it :) )

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