#juillard

Portrait of the great Val Kilmer. RIP. 🖼️

Shintaro Kago / Juillard.

Inspiré par les Etagères du Capricorne

“And there were moments when they talked over us and yawned and even fell asleep. But they also became a part of the crowd in ancient Rome. They got up and danced to the music and stuck out their hands to get high fives from the plebeians. They gasped when Casca pulled out his dagger, burst into chaotic teenage enthusiasm when Romeo and Juliet kissed, laughed at the Soothsayer, reacted to the drawing of the swords, and connected images on stage to their own reality.”

Turning Pages-Reylo Fanfic by PrinceofDarkness15

(via @ThomasRagon on Twitter)

Toward the end of the play, Prospero famously forsakes his magic books and proclaims “I’ll break my staff.” Jenny wonders what this will mean to today's audience, as we question who gets to be in power. In regard to Prospero’s giving up his magic books, Jules notes, “I never say what’s in the books. The magic is in the play. Magic lives in everyone in this play. I’ve just been imbued with this power because it says so. It is important to the audience that Prospero is not the only person carrying the burden of telling our stories. The audience has the power to relinquish him from the story—not even his own powers could do that.”

“...I did the opening monologue from Richard III”