Chicago’s Acro-Theater

Plays that also featured acrobatic & gymnastic stunts. I'm thinking Shakespeare should be performed this way. Hamlet's soliloquy delivered on a trampoline.

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Posted by F.U.D. on 04/05/16 at 07:21 AM

Got it! (as I run in, slide to a stop, and boot

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/05/16 at 09:36 AM

This appears to be an early production of "Cats."

Posted by Jim on 04/05/16 at 09:44 AM

God, don't let my wife find out about this or she'll try to drag me to see one of these!
Yup, we comin' to America!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/05/16 at 09:51 AM

Well, lucky for you, attending would require time as well as geographical travel honey. I think you're safe.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/05/16 at 10:37 AM

How about Sartre's "No Exit"?

Posted by KDP on 04/05/16 at 11:00 AM

@Patty: Both are going to be happening soon. :coolsmile:

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/05/16 at 11:00 AM

I prefer the physical elements of theatre to be more subdued:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iumbh4o3bU&feature=youtu.be

Posted by Phideaux on 04/05/16 at 12:45 PM

I don't know how much Shakespeare did it, but theatre all through the centuries has involved tumbling and stage machinery - starting with the classical Greek theos ex machina.

Posted by Richard Bos on 04/06/16 at 06:56 PM

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