Also, Medievalgirl, I think if you go through all the versions that there are of the prologue you will find that she is the most original, and least cliched. I love the Derek Jacobi version, by the way, but I was not going to try to redo another stately gentleman intoning the mellifluous tones... that would be cliche. Also, Like an earlier comment suggested, I wanted the supernatural Macbeth allusion to come through.
I cast Sabaa in the role because of her Saudi/Indian Muslim cultural history, and her unique voice, as a kind of other-worldly visitor not connected to the medieval European tradition, and I thought she did a fine job. All our actors, by the way, can do splendid "English" accents, I chose not to do it that way. Medieval people did not speak in the current "BBC Oxford" which was a creation of 18th century court life, but rather more like Bjork in contemporary Iceland.
Also, Medievalgirl, I think if you go through all the versions that there are of the prologue you will find that she is the most original, and least cliched. I love the Derek Jacobi version, by the way, but I was not going to try to redo another stately gentleman intoning the mellifluous tones... that would be cliche. Also, Like an earlier comment suggested, I wanted the supernatural Macbeth allusion to come through.
banfus 5 months ago
I cast Sabaa in the role because of her Saudi/Indian Muslim cultural history, and her unique voice, as a kind of other-worldly visitor not connected to the medieval European tradition, and I thought she did a fine job. All our actors, by the way, can do splendid "English" accents, I chose not to do it that way. Medieval people did not speak in the current "BBC Oxford" which was a creation of 18th century court life, but rather more like Bjork in contemporary Iceland.
banfus 5 months ago
Dear God, her accent is awful, slow rasping voice is so unoriginal and cliched.
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i wish sh did this a little faster.... would have been easier for me to learn it!!
but great job!!
soccergal1073 1 year ago
She should have turned on the Derek Jacobi at the end - and spat fire across the stage
Thought we might have seen the hourglass - to build more tension
OghamTheBold 1 year ago
She is what I think the oracle at Delphi must have been like.
raceygofast 2 years ago
"Double double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble." That is what this brings to mind, interesting.
raceygofast 2 years ago
this was alright
darthyoda99 2 years ago
I like this girl, quite charming and engageing. She is like a devi, a spirit entity.
AN1933 3 years ago
Yay! A woman chorus! nice spirited performance.
Luthiersarah 3 years ago