Last year, my mother passed away two weeks before The Front Lawn Players' production of As You Like It. With daughters playing Rosalind, Celia, and Touchstone, there should have been a huge, picture-laden blog post afterward, but you can imagine I did not much feel like blogging at that time. This year, they performed Romeo and Juliet with Alice (aka Agnes) playing the role of a lifetime. Here are a few pictures for posterity. And maybe, just maybe, I will post those As You Like It photos one of these days.
Juliet
Lady Capulet and the nurse discuss marriage plans for Juliet.
Lady Capulet introduces Paris to Juliet.
Romeo waits on the sidelines.
Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, is not too thrilled to see a Montague at the party.
But Lord Capulet doesn't want any trouble.
Poor Paris doesn't stand a chance now.
Please click on the video twice to see the right hand side of the screen.
Juliet learns, to her grave dismay, that her love is a Montague.
[More to come, including the famous balcony scene.]
MORE LIVE ACTION VIDEO PLEASE!!!
The pictures are great, but for those of us not privileged to be there, film clips are a MUST!!!
Bravo to all actors and special notice to the costume department, as they are often overlooked!
Posted by: Brigid | June 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Wonderful, Alice! Juliet is certainly the iconic role, but Tybalt...haven't we always loved to hate Tybalt! And the costumes! Was that talented young girl responsible for them this year, as well? Amazing. So happy you're back in full force this week!
Posted by: Jeannine | July 01, 2010 at 11:07 PM
Positively marvellous! I wish I was there!
Posted by: Kristen Laurence | July 02, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Those costumes are amazing! You're so right, the role of a life time!
Posted by: Abigail Benjamin | July 12, 2010 at 08:49 PM
Great job Tybalt! Front Lawn Players - this is terrific! And from somebody who used to do theater - let me tell you that learning about Shakespeare was the best thing I ever got out of all my experiences!
Posted by: Helen | March 29, 2011 at 10:45 AM