![]() ![]() But my initial take was to focus on how we make choices and take action when faced with an unjust government. "It was not overt otherwise," Wheeler said in a recent phone interview. This past summer, ARTFARM's summer show was "Hamlet," which began with the title character spray-painting "NOT MY KING" on a wall to show his displeasure with his stepfather Claudius. Out of that comes the purity."ĭic Wheeler, who runs the community-conscious ARTFARM theater in Middletown, is considering doing "Romeo and Juliet" as the company's outdoor "Shakespeare in the Grove" production next summer. That roiling violence and sexuality is always present, including that virulent hatred that comes from the parents. "Shakespeare aligns sexuality with love and spirituality, then surrounds that with this violence. It's important to establish that hotheadedness at the beginning. The high-spirited vulgarity of the men is important to the play. It needs to be established that it's a world of male violence. "There's a feudal feeling to the town of Verona. But the modern sense of anger and antagonism is still paramount. Lamos did "a lot of cutting" to the script you won't see Paris coming to the tomb this time around. I had a hip-hop idea for it, but then I felt I'd be co-opting something a younger director would do." ![]() For this new production, Lamos "thought about moving it to some other sphere. In 1995, Lamos directed a memorably bright "Romeo and Juliet" at Hartford Stage starring Calista Flockhart and Robert Petkoff as the young lovers, with Bill Camp as Mercutio. "It focused less on the violence but more on the forbidden element of the romance, and how that created additional strife and jealousy." "West Side Story" has been staged in Storrs, Ivoryton, Danbury, New Canaan and many other places around the state over the past two summers. The rise of more violent, more divisive productions of "Romeo and Juliet" has mirrored a fresh interest in the musical "West Side Story," which resets Shakespeare's play as a street gang rumble in mid-20th century New York City. "The feud aspect is fascinating, and quite tricky," he adds. In a phone interview earlier this year, he agreed that we respond differently to the drama in different times, saying "I'm so glad that I did it, but at some point I might want to do it again." Now it's another chance to show how modern culture is marked by incessant fighting.ĭarko Tresnjak directed "Romeo and Juliet" at Hartford Stage in February of 2016. It's a gratuitous battle that directors used to be happy not to bother with. Nowadays, viewers are more accustomed to seeing the Romeo/Paris swordfight in Act 5, Scene 3, near the end of the play, in the churchyard where Juliet's body lies. Until then, you can test the 1771+ units in game with 375+ equipment items and place 380+ different objects.There have been productions of "Romeo and Juliet" in which Paris wasn't even mentioned, let alone portrayed. Much content is already in game and in the workshop and there are still much more gamemodes, units, weapons and equipment planned. Prefab EditorCreate compositions of objects that can be placed in custom battles Steam Workshop integrationShare your battles, units and prefabs in the Workshop or quickly download some content from over 14000 workshop items. Adjust the biome, environment, objects, equipment, units. ![]() Custom Battle EditorThe custom battle editor allows you to create your very own scenarios. To support you and your mates, you can carry different grenades, healthpacks or ammo supplies. Protect yourself with a shield and wear armor to get some protection for different kind of weapons. Use a sword to cut your enemies into pieces, a baton to punch them down, guns or bows to shoot at them, or an rpg to blow them up. Choose your rules, change the environment, place units, objects or traps, choose your equipment or just relax and spectate a battle.Įxplore content from different eras ranging from stone age, medieval ages, WWI, WWII to the future.įight your enemies on the ground, in the air or on the ocean, it's your choice! Unit customizationYour player and other units can use a very advanced and mixed equipment which allows dynamic combat. Create you own scenarios in the custom battle editor. Dive into a huge sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different gamemodes like Deathmatch, reach point, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and more. Ancient Warfare 3 is a complete redevelopment of the second part to improve the experience from the core of the game.
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