Smoking my cigar

Oh dear! It really was a Hamlet moment and if I owned a cigar I would have ended up smoking it.

Whilst I applaud the SL Shakespearians for their attempt to put on Act 1 Scene 1 of Hamlet at the SL Globe, I can't help thinking that all they've done is demonstrate how far we are from being able to realise this kind of production in the SL environment currently.

Not that it is in any way their fault... but the combination of lag and the current state of the SL voice client meant that SL just wasn't up to it.

I'm sure that there are interesting theatrical things that could be done in SL, probably based on some combination of improvised chat and dynamic object creation, but this wasn't it.

I watched and listended painfully for a few minutes, then gave up. It's not even worth showing you a photo... nothing had rezzed properly by the time I left, at least not in my client.

Sorry... did other people have a good time?

That Hamlet moment...

Read this humming Air on a G String...

Joff Fassnacht has sent an email to the SECONDLIFE@jiscmail.ac.uk mailing list, announcing various performances of Hamlet Act 1, Scene 1 in Second Life:

... the SLShakespeare company will be performing Act1 Scene1 of Hamlet at the SLGlobe on Sliterary from this Thursday.

This is a live performance, no bots, so anything can , and quite possibly will, happen. It is free and seating is on a first come first served basis but the theatre can in theory hold up to 300 (though if that doesn't crash the system nothing will.)

Please note times are SLT so add 8 hours for UK times, yes the first performance is 2am Thursday night.

SLSC Thursday, Feb 28: 6 PM
Fri, Feb 29: 3 PM
Sat, Mar 1: 11 AM
Sun, Mar 2: 1 PM
Mon, Mar 3: 11 AM
Tues, Mar 4: 6 PM
Weds, Mar 5: ---
Thurs, Mar 6: 3 PM
Fri, Mar 7: 1 PM
Sat, Mar 8: 6 PM
Sun, Mar 9: 3 PM

I'm not sure if this is a chat or voice production?