Richard III.

I just got back from a german production of Richard III. first I must point out that the Actors did a good job, but the Production was really bad. Half Modern - Half Oldfashioned. With Jokes and awkward dances to even stranger Music.
Even though it´s one of Shakespeare´s most gruesome plays - it wasn´t touching or emotional at all, the change of words, actions and lines was disturbing and lacked rafinesse.
The First half was so unmoving and likely boring - in the way you could simply not care about the "Villain" or his victims. And 4 people who had sat before us just left at the break and didn´t even bother to come back.

Even though I liked the main Actor and his loud dialoges at the end...he ran up and down...did fall over...crawled upon the stage ... and was dead ... yeah right oO there was no Stage Craft at all. Not one fighting scene ... and just one murder that you have actually seen.

Just happy Coriolanus is in about 3 weeks and I hope it will make me forget this disaster soon.