Wherefore art thou Romeo? Xboxing ...
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April 13, 2010, Tuesday
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ONE of Shakespeare's most famous plays gets a 21st-century makeover in a new version of "Romeo and Juliet" which will unfold through Twitter messages and on Youtube. Entitled "Such Tweet Sorrow," the experiment is a collaboration between the Royal Shakespeare Company and Mudlark, which produces entertainment on mobile phones.
Organizers have already outlined a contemporary "narrative arc" loosely based on the original tragedy, and the cast will improvize the rest through tweets which have already begun to appear on www.suchtweetsorrow.com.
The production will take place over five weeks and allows for the characters to interact among themselves and with the "audience."
Each character writes their own tweets, guided by an existing storyline and diary which outlines where they are at any moment.
And so two families named after the original adversaries the Montagues and Capulets have loathed each other for years after a fatal car crash in an English town in 2000.
Juliet, played by actress Charlotte Wakefield, is just turning 16 and wonders whether she should have a party to celebrate. She posts a video on Youtube.
Her Twitter name is @julietcap16 while Romeo's entry comes later as "he is too busy on his Xbox."
"We have no real idea of what the next five weeks will bring, but we are holding onto our seatbelts," said Charles Hunter from Mudlark.
Michael Boyd, artistic director of the RSC, added: "Our ambition is always to connect people with Shakespeare and bring actors and audiences closer together.
"This experiment allows our actors to use mobiles to tell their stories in real time and reach people wherever they are in a global theatre."
Organizers have already outlined a contemporary "narrative arc" loosely based on the original tragedy, and the cast will improvize the rest through tweets which have already begun to appear on www.suchtweetsorrow.com.
The production will take place over five weeks and allows for the characters to interact among themselves and with the "audience."
Each character writes their own tweets, guided by an existing storyline and diary which outlines where they are at any moment.
And so two families named after the original adversaries the Montagues and Capulets have loathed each other for years after a fatal car crash in an English town in 2000.
Juliet, played by actress Charlotte Wakefield, is just turning 16 and wonders whether she should have a party to celebrate. She posts a video on Youtube.
Her Twitter name is @julietcap16 while Romeo's entry comes later as "he is too busy on his Xbox."
"We have no real idea of what the next five weeks will bring, but we are holding onto our seatbelts," said Charles Hunter from Mudlark.
Michael Boyd, artistic director of the RSC, added: "Our ambition is always to connect people with Shakespeare and bring actors and audiences closer together.
"This experiment allows our actors to use mobiles to tell their stories in real time and reach people wherever they are in a global theatre."
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