Squee!
Just got back to the hotel room after seeing Hamlet. It was definitely worth renting a car and driving to Iowa City for (see here)! :-D The seats were excellent - at the same level as the stage and with only 6 rows in front of us. The actors often ran up and down the aisles near our seats (I was sitting at the 3rd seat in from the aisle). During the scene featuring Ophelia's funeral, David Tennant was crouched in the aisle as Hamlet hiding to watch the funeral procession. He was close enough for me to see the masseter muscle in his right cheek moving, as if he was clenching his teeth. I'm unsure whether he was playing Hamlet as mad or only acting mad - I think a case could be made for either. I tend to think the latter, but that's what I always think when reading Hamlet, as well... Overall, people seemed to laugh at Hamlet's madness a lot more, while the reaction to Ophelia's madness was dead silence - could have heard a pin drop.
I'll write more later, since alisel_kat is about to pass out from fatigue...
I'll write more later, since alisel_kat is about to pass out from fatigue...