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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), playwright Ann Marie
MacDonald takes us on a farce-filled leap into the lives of
Shakespeare's two great heroines: Desdemona and Juliet.
The mousy academic, Constance
Ledbelly, is convinced that Shakespeare's two most famous
tragedies were originally comedies. By a cosmic twist of fate,
Ledbelly finds herself transported - literally! - through
her wastepaper basket into the worlds of Othello and Romeo
and Juliet where all the world really is a stage: sword-fights,
villains, passion, war, ghosts, beautiful women, a masquerade
ball, girls dressed as boys, boys in love with girls dressed
as boys, girls in love with girls dressed as boys but married
to boys in love with girls dressed as boys… and, of course,
unrequited love and betrayal. A wonderful romp, you don't
have to be a fan of Shakespeare to enjoy this hilarious gender-bending
satire about one woman's journey toward self-realization.
BeMe Theatre's production of
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) in Munich marks
the German premiere of Ann-Marie MacDonald`s play.
With sharp - witted humour,
BeMe Theatre's production of Goodnight Desdemona (Good
Morning Juliet) brings to the spotlight themes which resonate
in our present day world. With a nudge and a wink, this multi-award-winning
play challenges our thoughts on well-known texts, historical
epochs, nations, war, gender, and sexuality, all the while
breaking the conventions of theatre in its text and performance.
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Reviews
In Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) playfulness
is the thing.
- San Francisco Chronicle
Delightful often hilarious...
MacDonald doesn't miss a trick, scattering satirical observations
on love and sex, scholarship and Bard like birdseed, while
taking full advantage of the slapstick possibilities in Shakespearean
cross-dressing.
- The Washington Post
Goodnight Desdemona (Good
Morning Juliet)... is a dazzling romp. MacDonald is a real
writer and her play is full of brilliance, wit, insight and
theatricality.
- The WS Transcript
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