The Drunk Shakespeare Society
The Drunk Shakespeare Society
Shakespeare + An Inebriated Actor + Audience Cocktails + (Sometimes Inappropriate) Audience Participation = Debaucherous Fun.
300 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Lady Macbeth:
“Things without all remedy should be without regard: what’s done is done”
Macbeth Act III, Scene II
Burp! Stumble and Fall!
This week’s The Find has discovered the formula for a perfect night.
Shakespeare + An Inebriated Actor + Audience Cocktails + (Sometimes Inappropriate) Audience Participation = Debaucherous Fun.
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At each performance, one of the actors drinks to excess (a minimum of 5-7 shots) before, and then continues imbibing during and likely after the performance of Shakespeare. The actors improv as everyone gets more and more rowdy in this hidden library in the theater district. We actively watched a Macbeth performance where we were felt up, ground upon, and included in the dialogue. They say, “anything can happen” and based on our antics, it does.
Did you know the Common Core dictates that Shakespeare is the only reading required of American High School kids? The Find agrees and is making this new spin on Shakespeare part of our Common Core of required activities!