Tragedy
Just a few hours ago, I and my blockmates watched a modern dress bilingual production featuring Shakespeare’s most known masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet.
In the play, it’s not just students who starred, there were also instructors. I can say that the audition must be tough, the actors and actresses were absolutely great especially the Nurse (Juliet’s personal attendant) and Lord Capulet (father of Juliet). Actually, the Nurse had a louder applause over the title holders (Romeo and Juliet) from the audience after the play. But then again, the Nurse was the comic relief of the play, who won’t enjoy and laugh during her acts?
I think there were some changes in the play that I saw. Is the ruler of Veronica a prince? If yes, then, in the play we saw, they changed the ruler into a dutchess (who made the “no deal” sign two times). But then again, if the director could not find the “perfect prince” he does not have a choice but to make the changes, right?
Oh, there was also this actor (Mercutio) who looks like one of my blockmates. And now, I think, he’s being called as Mercuito. Lol. Well, I’ll see tomorrow if he’s still being called Mercutio. Also, the play was bilingual, meaning, some part of it is in English and the other part is in Filipino. No, it’s not the konyo type English. If the actor or actress started his/her dialogue in English, he/she will end it in English also without “Tagalog interjections” like “na”.
There were also kissing scenes. From what my blockmate had told me, there were a total of ten kisses during the course of the play, where four, give or take two of them were not just ordinary kisses. Wait, there was also a bed scene. Romeo’s almost naked! Hey! We need the MTRCB to rate this play! Lol! I thought they will cut out those scenes in the final script. But then again, I suppose the parents of the actor and actress who played the title holders were informed about it and expressed their approval about it. Rumor is that the actor who played Romeo is younger than the actress who played Juliet. Also, there is this rumor circulating that states that the actor who played Romeo is a homosexual! Waaaahh!
And these were all done live! Oh, I was in the third column, the row nearest the center aisle.
Love is very powerful. It can reach every corner of the world. Let us be reminded by the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet that nothing is impossible with love.
Wait, why is that Shakespeare loves writing tragedy? I hate tragedies!
