This is a video I created to feature the highlights of these three scenes late in Taming of the Shrew shot in the midst of the Occupy Boston protest rally. There’s an amazing rendition here of “The quality of mercy is not strained” from Merchant of Venice, and the same guy starts off with a [...]
BEST OF OCCUPY BOSTON
Shrew Act V, Scene 1 – OCCUPY BOSTON
Just incredible. This is the full length but I’ll have an edited one of the highlights separately. I got several bonafide gems from spontaneous collaborators today, as well as some great sounds and sights of the protest march. We cross some busy streets and you’ll see the cops are doing a great job – just [...]
Shrew Act V, Scene 2 – Walden Pond
We’re wrapping an amazing play in an amazing place. And I must say, I’ve had a pretty eventful time with this one. What has the play left me with? Love is worth the fight. In fact, what’s love without it? It’s a comedic look at eternal tensions with enough dressings to create a rich and [...]
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“As Prince Harry, the always excellent Bill Barclay takes to heart Falstaff’s indecent tutelage, but over the course of the plays adds a Machiavellian twist, becoming increasingly cynical and power hungry – and thus more kingly. Barclay easily manages to convey both Harry the reckless and Harry the royal.”
“Barclay is charming, masterful with the poetry and clear in presenting Hal’s arch from a rebellious over-cocky gad-about to a young leader focused on honor and duty.”
“Barclay comes strongly into his own in “Part II,’’ especially during the reconciliation scene with Henry IV and during that chillingly inevitable moment when he repudiates Falstaff once and for all.”
“The most interesting of the lot is a fellow called the Bastard (a rollicking, driving turn by Bill Barclay)”
Complicated, bold, and charismatic, the Bastard is far more compelling than his uncle King John, and Barclay gives him all the energy and wit he needs to steal every scene he’s in.”
“Barclay transforms from rude and frolicsome youth and into lustful thrill-killer in a handful of heartbeats as he takes in Aaron’s exhortations to havoc – a slow, perverse grin creeps across his face, visually tracking his transformation from callow kid to remorseless predator.”
“Barclay displays exquisite comic timing.”
“Bill Barclay as the young composer shows his real life musical talent on the on-stage piano. The audience, meanwhile, was rolling in the aisles.”
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November 7, 2012
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Julius Caesar Act III, Scene 3 at the Folger Shakespeare Library
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NEWS: Bill is currently the Director of Music at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
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Bill will be giving his lecture event MUSE ON FIRE, Shakespeare & The Music of the Spheres for one performance only at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London on February 12th.
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