The play, Throne of Blood was a very enjoyable play to watch. I enjoyed the story as well as the costumes, which were very well crafted and reminiscent of ancient Japan. The dialogue was easy to understand and so was the plot. However, I felt that the story dragged on at some unnecessary points and moved very fast at times where it seemed there should have been more dialogue. Having watched the original Macbeth, they followed the original story very well. It is difficult to replicate a movie on stage sometimes and in this case, some scenes were just that
The review from NY Times states, “It essentially boils down to a lot of men charging back and forth across a mostly dark and bare stage in fancy samurai getups.”
This quote is true to an extent because all the fight scenes were a bit ridiculous and it was mostly characters just running back and forth and it was hard to tell what the director was trying to convey. The costumes were by far the best part of the play.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/theater/reviews/12throne.html
