The Connecticut Repertory Theatres adaption of Comedy of Errors was...interesting. It was definetly a lively play that kept the audience amused with it's fast paced movement of characters runing up and down the aisles and leaping around and off stage. I mean, I thoguht I was going to be snoozing throughout (dreaming about shakespeare of course), but I was wide awake! The actions of the characters were reminsicnt of Cartoon characters actions in akwarkd or need-to-escape moments in which they freeze in running position in air before exiting stage.
The setting aided the plays production in which the lightning and multi-leveled platform was fitting for the context and for the optimal viewing for the audience.
I really enjoyed the fast-forward time setting of the play. The 1940's feel added a whole different style to the play and gave it a fresh feeling rather than the typical, exhausted language of most shakespeare places. The wardrobe and jazzy music coupled with Solinus looking like a mafia head rather than a Duke all played into this effective twist.
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