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| ROMEO & JULIET (An independent inquiry) |
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presented in 2004
by Volcano Theatre Company |
synopsis:
The company is currently planning an unusual new version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, to tour the UK in the Autumn.
Known previously for deconstructive adaptations of the Sonnets and Macbeth, Volcano now turns its attention to this sprawling and unruly romantic tragedy.
Although (rightly) thought of as a love story, Romeo & Juliet is also a story set within the context of a long and bitter feud - a Hate Story. Volcano will present a contemporary hate/love story, drawing parallels with latter-day ill-fated lovers and the squabbling of powerful interests over their not-so-private affairs.
Shakespeare's language in Romeo & Juliet is at its most diverse. Volcano's Romeo & Juliet will follow and extend these innovations, exploiting language in all its diversity: it will be funny, crude, dangerous, banal, sublime and beautiful, devastating and deceitful.
An excessive, experimental show with video, kissing and fighting.
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