We open in Venice

[ceebeegee]

This weekend, Duncan suggested that Holla Holla should do The Merchant of Venice: he reminded me that Portia is a britches role. It's been forever since I've read it (college) and I've never seen it. It's a problem comedy for sure, and Shylock is such a dominant figure. I don't know the play well enough to know off the top of my head if any of the male roles can be converted to women's roles. But Portia is tempting.

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[planga.livejournal.com]

Venice came to mind for me too, on account of there being water and cross-dressing involved, but I really remember Shylock and Gobo mostly from that play. I was made to read Gobo in my high school class, and I did a lot of jumping around and crap, because his first thing is a debate with himself about leaving his master or something, so he swaps characters and voices. It made me sleepy.

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I haven't seen it since I saw Abigail Katz as Portia a few years ago, but I seem to think most of the roles are all couples or would-be couples.

[planga.livejournal.com]

Is this the play that had the chick with the treasure chests that potential suitors had to choose from? Damn, if only I had interweb access, I could look it up!

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

That's totally it. Hint: don't go for the gold one.

[planga.livejournal.com]

I'll choose the p-p-p-p-purple one!