Macbeth

I attended the Macbeth play on Friday night, which was opening night with no opinion or knowledge of how the play would turn out to be. With an open mind I walked in the door and picked up the play pamphlet which I ended up giving to the girl sitting next to me and never got back. I hate to give a poor review but unfortunately the play did not impress me to the point that it was hyped up to be. First the costume design was terrible, I know they were going for an approach that would make it seem as the characters could put down there masks and become objects however, this was not the right way to do it. Second if you have no prior knowledge of the play it would be very difficult to tell which characters are which because of the costume choice, minus Macbeth and his wife, and the King. Unfortunately the costume design left me with a sense that the acting was mediocre. Because there was such a big point of the assimilation and alikeness of the characters it was truly difficult to admire the acting of one character and really see the character on his or her own. This stated it was something new and I have never seen a play performed like this which made it interesting and made me want to see it played out till the end just incase the director had something interesting up his sleeve. Overall to appreciate this play you needed to be a master of the novel and truly understand every single character dynamic which will then allow for you to focus on the true essence of the acting and style.