Dear Editor:
I am concerned to see the complaints in your column regarding having to ‘fight’ for a program for the ETSU Division of Theatre’s production of “Macbeth.” There is a concrete reason for this.
Students in the Introduction to Theatre (a class for people to meet one requirement or another, not just a class for theatre majors) are required to see productions. As proof, they must bring to class a ticket stub and program. There are always groups of lazy, uninterested students who try every trick in the book to get away with a program and stub without sitting through the play. Therefore, such things are not given out for the asking.
Second, in regards to your review of the show, perhaps the East Tennessean should seek to find an experienced drama critic. One who knows the difference between writing a review of a show, and writing a paper on how they would have done it better.
A great deal of the space in the article was spent on condescending discussion of how difficult Shakespeare is to understand, and how it would have been done to better appeal to gaming geeks. As an actor in the show, I do not take issue with a review that is unfavorable.
Unfavorable reviews happen to actors all the time. It is something we just accept and move on. That is, whensaid reviews actually have something worthwhileto say.What I take issue with is a declaration of ‘the acting was mostly average,’ without any real explanations as to why.
I greatly appreciate the fact that one of your reporters came to see the show. Now, maybe, if you could send one with a bit more knowledge of the subject?
Christopher Williams
“Malcolm,” Macbeth

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