Macbeth at The Rude Mechanicals
āSuch welcome and unwelcome things at once ātis hard to reconcile.ā Macduff, ActIVsc.iii
I spent hours trying to find the way I felt about the current Rude Mechanicalās production of Shakespeareās Macbeth only to have Billy Bard having already wrapped it up for me more than halfway through the show. This particular production is a balancing act of strong performances, questionable conceptualizations, impressive technological inclusions, mismatched aesthetics, and a barrage of death,