Yes, I think sometimes a history play is costumed as a later period to make the audience aware of the similarities with the political situation in an era that they're more familiar with (if that makes sense).
I remember enjoying the BBC TV Shakespeare production of "All's Well that Ends Well" set in the mid-17th century, with beautiful Vermeer-like interiors and military scenes based on paintings of the period. The only opera I've seen in modern dress was a production of "Aida" at the Brighton Festival, with the male leads in modern military uniform. Radames rather spoiled the effect by wearing his Sam Browne belt incorrectly! I can understand Bjarne's disappointment, but, as AlbertCat points out, should "correct" dress for Monteverdi be authentic classical costume or a reproduction of Baroque theatrical costume? Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/11/2005 04:42 >>> Mmm, I'm always impressed by McKellen's Richard III set in a 1930s dictatorship, -C. > That's a very strange notion to take a HISTORY and put it in ANOTHER PERIOD. ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
