Since the summer of 1999, the previously free company, the Chalk Circle
Theatre, has been working as an independent theatre company. Their
primary aim is to carry out projects which deal with unique problems in
a unique way. Their first performance, Love, or What You Will draws on
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (What You Will). Attila Lőrinczy, a young
dramatist, adapted the play, which, completed by the actors'
improvisation, is put on stage.
Love is in the centre of the performance – or, more precisely, that
emotional 'marshland' which we call love. Love can be a pretext, a
hobby, the means of revenge, but hardly ever a joyous moment. They
create a satirical world within a tale. They do not insult anybody but
themselves, which, as they hope, gives the audience a good time.
'Stage-chaos free after Shakespeare.' Every move of the promise is
kept. They play – not in extent but considering the main point – only
one half of the story. One of the twins is missing. The whole thing
without that twin brother is as if a bridge was built only from one
bank of the river until the whole thing tumbles down into the water,
since it does not have anything on the other side to lean on. But
perhaps that is why it is a play of today. You do not know where things
start and where they are heading to. You only know the outside
appearances, the surface of behaviour ... why is Shakespeare here,
then? As a 'crutch' which they throw away in the end? His role is more
than that. Of course it helps out the lack of story but rather serves
as a basis for comparison. Once there used to be stories, dramas,
heroes and heroines. Once this planet was inhabited by the real human.'
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