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ation receives its share of decadence with its
roduction of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,”
pening Friday.
“Macbeth,” Shakespeare’s shortest and one
[his most widely-known tragedy, is ready to
ouble even the biggest horror fans with its
assic tale of passion, war and betrayal.
Jennifer Key, playing the part of one of the
iree witches, said acting in the play is dis-
irbing.
“When you come in and hear the music, it’s
arrifying,” Key said. “It’s just turning out to
; a terrifying experience.”
In the play, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, his
/erly-ambitious wife, devise a plan to mur-
jr the king so Macbeth can seize the crown.
After killing the king, Macbeth finds him-
?lf continually haunted in both real and
aaginary situations.
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Williams said ‘magination Station does two
Shakespeare performances a year, one in the
summer and one in winter.
He said he hopes people will be less intim
idated by Shakespeare and the greatness in his
plays through ‘magination Station’s perfor
mances.
“We do Shakespeare here so people can see
it and not be afraid,” Williams said. “He is
such an incredible writer and a genius.”
Photo by Sallie Turner/Tiie Battalion
'magination Station’s Richard Lopez and Pam
Coleman perform a scene from “Macbeth.”
Williams said his production of “Macbeth”
is modernized and set in the 1930s because
this time period works well for all of Shake
speare’s tragedies.
Pam Coleman, playing the role of Lady
Macbeth, said her character just wants to be
loved by her husband.
“She’s lost everything she ever dreamed of
— the love and affection of her husband,”
Coleman said. “All she wanted was his undy
ing love, and I truly think she does love him.
She wants what she thinks is the best — to be
king.”
Richard Lopez Jr., playing the role of Mac
beth, said the play’s time constraints proved
to be difficult.
“The most challenging part was the time
frame,” Lopez said. “We had five weeks and
it was a short amount of time to learn all the
lines.”
Williams said the cast and crew did not en
counter any major difficulties despite the su
perstitions related to “Macbeth.”
“Surprisingly, there have been no prob
lems,” Williams said. “There is the idea of bad
luck with “Macbeth” and people dying. We’ve
had a couple of sick actors but no big
tragedies.”
Lopez said playing the part of Macbeth is
the challenge many actors dream about.
“It’s the part of a lifetime,” he said. “As an
actor you look for a character to play where
you can examine difficult parts of the human
states.
“The challenge of the role is staying away
from the stereotypes of evil and, in doing that,
still remaining true to the script, as well as
bringing something to the audience.
They can come away with a better under
standing of the story,” he said.
“Macbeth” is running for the next three
weekends and concludes Feb. 28.
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