Tonight I saw the last play in this year’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival visit. It was a good way to end the run. It was an original practices production of Edward III, a play which is not in the Shakespeare Canon, but is attributed to William Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd. It is a history play that basically predates the stories contained in the Richard II — Richard III series of plays. It’s also rarely produced. It is always exciting to see the OP productions, and the cast did an amazing job, considering they only had 20 hours of rehearsal, seeing the scripts for the first time on the Tuesday before the Sunday performance.
While the audience is explicitly encouraged to engage and react, as always it seems like there are some jerks who use that as an excuse to talk or perhaps try to draw attention to themselves. There were a couple of buddies behind me who seemed to feel the need to continuously comment to each other in not so quiet voices. Nonetheless, it was a very enjoyable production to see. It was a nice warm evening, and I even ended up sitting next to a couple who had lived in Concord for 8 years, so we got a chance to chat about CSF and Livermore wine country. It was a great way to end my week of Colorado Shakespeare.