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This performance dramatized the comic elements of the original play very effectively. This production employed comical modern dresses and pictorial stage design reminiscent of Fernando Botero's paintings. Actors' and actresses' performances were swift, delightful, and sophisticated.
Read More“A cleverly crafted tale of mistaken identities, loves lost and found, families gone astray and made whole again.” –description from the DUP Official Page
Read More“The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s first comedy, delivers non-stop humorous high jinks. The show has it all: madcap comedy, mistaken identity, seduction, slapstick, verbal sparring, vaudeville, two sets of twins, and a family reunion beyond belief. The Comedy of Errors packs a comedic wallop! This production will be presented indoors at High Mountain Hall.”
Read MoreThe play script is an adaptation of a film, titled Angoor, based on the Comedy of Errors, both done by Gulzar. The theatre adaptation enhances the threat and menace of the identity mix-ups.
Read MoreMontana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) is the only fully professional touring theatre program in the state currently producing Shakespeare’s plays, the only Shakespeare company in the country to reach as extensively into rural areas and the only company in the state that offers its performances free to the public, guaranteeing accessibility to all. MSIP travels to 60 communities every summer with 75 performances throughout MT, northern Wyoming, eastern Idaho, western North Dakota and eastern Washington with an emphasis on underserved, rural areas. Over 40% of the communities served by MSIP have a population of less than 2,000 and nearly 80% have less than 10,000. Since 1973, the summer touring program has presented over 2,150 performances to nearly three-quarters of a million people. MSIP is a nationally recognized outreach program of the College of Arts and Architecture at Montana State University.
Read More“A salt and pepper pot for the king and queen. A vase for the prince. A matchbox for the servant. A toilet roll tube for the Innkeeper. A water bottle for the messenger.
In Complete Works six performers create condensed versions of each and every Shakespeare play, comically and intimately retelling them, using a collection of everyday objects as stand-ins for the characters on the one-metre stage of an ordinary table top."
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
