As You Like It (Shakespeare)

What a disappointing performance. We are avid devotees of the Aquila Theatre Group, and some of our best theatrical experiences have occured when they are on stage. But not this time.

Doubling, tripling, and even quadrupling parts, they presented As You Like It with seven actors. Until the intermission, I spent too much time trying to determine who the characters were. And I know the play fairly well. I noticed that those around me, who probably were less familiar with the play, repeatedly turned to their program trying to make sense of what they saw on stage.

In short, rather than illuminating the written text, this production obfuscated it.

Caveats. Sadly.