It is a very unusual and interesting idea to put on a Shakespeare play in prison. To hear of people who often have not had more than a 4th grade education reciting A Midsummer Nights Dream is very inspirational. Learning to read is a very important gift that they are finally learning. This piece really makes you have hope in everybody, even condemned criminals. This piece is very visual. I can really see men with buzz cuts and many extensive tattoos in togas tiptoeing through the fairy laden forest of cardboard and PCV pipe. Putting on this play teaches the inmates teamwork and self-confidence. The tone of the piece is factual, and the reader seems to have no input on the matter one way or another. The only reason I did not give this piece five stars is because the editing is very basic with not much background sound and interesting choices.
Review of Shakespeare in prison
Adrian Boyes
Posted on August 14, 2005 at 02:50 PM
It is a very unusual and interesting idea to put on a Shakespeare play in prison. To hear of people who often have not had more than a 4th grade education reciting A Midsummer Nights Dream is very inspirational. Learning to read is a very important gift that they are finally learning. This piece really makes you have hope in everybody, even condemned criminals. This piece is very visual. I can really see men with buzz cuts and many extensive tattoos in togas tiptoeing through the fairy laden forest of cardboard and PCV pipe. Putting on this play teaches the inmates teamwork and self-confidence. The tone of the piece is factual, and the reader seems to have no input on the matter one way or another. The only reason I did not give this piece five stars is because the editing is very basic with not much background sound and interesting choices.