Tonight I saw my final play in my visit to the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, an original practices production of The Comedy of Errors. In the past, with the original practices productions they usually do lesser known plays. This time they decided to do one of the more commonly produced plays. These OP productions are always a little rough, which is what makes them fun. The cast has less preparation than in a normal production, and they have a que help on stage to help guide them. This was a funny play, and the cast obviously had fun with this approach. There were almost no errors in the first half, then people started forgetting lines and stepping over each other, which makes it exciting. They even called back some lines from other plays they’re doing in the season.
It was the coolest night of my visit, and during the first half we got a light steady rain for a while. But the play carried on. This was a very nice way to end my short visit.
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