tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post2432114219931826105..comments2023-09-29T04:22:04.132-07:00Comments on Quills: Shakesblogging: All's Well That Ends Well, plus bonus cupcakesFretful Porpentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post-86146232136396051142010-04-24T16:11:41.993-07:002010-04-24T16:11:41.993-07:00Kind of amazing what a difference a good productio...Kind of amazing what a difference a good production can make, isn't it? I've had much the same experience with <i>Measure</i> -- I saw a college production a few years ago that really made me believe in Angelo and Mariana, and I think that's shaped everything about how I read the play.<br /><br />I liked the version of <i>All's Well</i> that I saw in London last summer, but they were going for a very young, immature Bertram and an ambiguous, where-the-hell-do-we-go-from-here ending, which is a bit less compelling.Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post-14284309083220579272010-04-24T14:56:23.460-07:002010-04-24T14:56:23.460-07:00I saw a fantastic production a few years ago that ...I saw a fantastic production a few years ago that made me rethink much of the play, but it was particularly masterful with Bertram's reformation. The actor portrayed him as so truly astonished by Helena's appearance and achievement of everything in his letter that he submits through a mixture of wonder and (mostly willing) capitulation. It's as if he half suspects Helena might have MAGICAL POWERS, and he both thinks it's in his best interests to submit--and is really so awestruck that he's eager to do it.<br /><br />After seeing that production, his response, "If she. . . can make me know this clearly/I'll love her dearly, ever, ever dearly," has seemed both fervent and really rather affecting to me.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2164185959238733667.post-90557664291977490542010-04-24T12:32:43.967-07:002010-04-24T12:32:43.967-07:00Pretty cupcakes!Pretty cupcakes!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.com