14 Porcia & the Soothsayer, Brutus Turns His Back on Good Advice (March 14, 44 B.C.) by Canon Image Challenge

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28-Jul-2023	TRAVELLER

The Independent Shakespeare Company--Los Angeles, Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival, Julius Caesar)

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Canon Image Challenge		31-Jul-2023 13:15
I like your crop idea...I have a frame of this already...but the raised hands...this is Brutus rejecting the Soothsayers advice, as did Caesar. But you would probably have to have seen this very production to know this, so you are correct, I suppose. Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		31-Jul-2023 09:48
I would like to parenthetically add...there is very little Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar....it is a play about, "The noblest Roman of them all..." Brutus. Two further things...I am big on Shakespeare, (sort of obviously, I'll see 4 different productions this summer), but seeing this one live...I was shocked at how little Caesar there is in Julius Caesar...lastly, historically, I am not fond of Brutus, not the noblest at all (imo). Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		31-Jul-2023 09:00
Good advice, thanks....the figure with the back turned is Brutus, Porcia is his wife...The Soothsayer wanders about telling everyone that their lives will end after the morrow....I particularly like the gauze making him blind...which he should be. So nicely done, fine stage craft...I will think of this, but it is a busy week coming up for me. Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		31-Jul-2023 02:26
It has been a while since my old brain dealt with Shakespeare. Is the character on the right (Caesar I presume) critical to this dialog? If not, consider a crop, as you captured two expressions quite well. His uplifted hand is distracting. Jim

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