Bard on the Beach part 2 - Measure for Measure

Oh we're getting ourselves soooo cultured! Last night was the second night of Bard on the Beach for us and we were treated to pre-war (World War II that is) Vienna for Measure for Measure. It was the same cast as the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream...Actors in supporting roles in one show tend to have main roles in the other.

There were some interesting characters in the audience. There was a large group of high school thespians...behaving in high school thespian manner...They were at the start of the line and entertained us with their hack sacks on a string, teenage chatter and teenage romance...I'm sure some of those romances started in the line up and were over before they opened the gates and let us in!

There was the fake and bake guy who was trying to look about 25 even though he was close to fifty who yelled and everyone that he was in line and they better get behind him. He even yelled at the Front of House Manager when he came out to put the "line-up-behind-this-sign" sign out...silly FOH guy stopped and talked to some other people before he came and put the sign up and that was unacceptable...because he was AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE!

And then there was the "why-do-the-rules-apply-to-us-because-
they-shouldn't-because-we're-clearly-better-than-all-those-people-
who-waited-in-line" couple. When the FOH guy opened the gates to let the line up in they came out of no where and tried to skip the line. They were told very nicely to please go to the end of the line as people had been waiting much longer than they had. The woman then told the FOH guy that SHE HAD A TICKET. To which he indicated so did all the people in the line up. They walked away, muttering about HOW RUDE it was to make THEM stand in line with ALL THOSE PEOPLE. We saw them inside too...they tried to leave the tent by a set of stairs marked DO NOT ENTER. Clearly rules only apply to common people ;)

So...the show...it was good. It wasn't as good as A Midsummer Night's Dream, but it was still good. I'm probably biased too...I loved reading A Midsummer Night's Dream, but Measure for Measure was far from one of my favourite Shakespearean works.