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  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Company Members >
      • The Man of Mode Cast
      • The Merchant of Venice Company
      • Spanish Tragedy Cast
    • History
  • Productions
    • The Merchant of Venice
    • The Two Noble Kinsmen
    • The Revenger's Tragedy
    • 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
    • The Tragedy of King Lear
    • Cymbeline
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • As You Like It
    • Othello
    • Measure for Measure
    • Richard III
    • Volpone
    • Gorboduc
    • Twelfth Night
    • The Changeling
    • The Comedy of Errors
    • Hamlet
    • King John >
      • King John - Family Tree
    • Edward II - Staged Reading
    • The Merry Wives of Windsor
    • The Taming of the Shrew - Remount 2015
    • Macbeth
    • Love's Labour's Lost
    • Romeo & Juliet
    • Much Ado About Nothing
    • The Taming of the Shrew
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream - Staged Reading
    • Romeo & Juliet - Staged Reading
  • Contact Us
  • Support the Season

Company Interviews: Emilio Vieira as Cloten

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We asked Emilio Vieira, who plays Cloten in our production of Cymbeline, a few questions about himself, his character, and his drink preferences...
PictureEmilio Vieira as Cloten. Photo by Kyle Purcell.
What might people be interested to know about your take on your character?
I hope the audience will find themselves enamoured with poor Cloten who wears his heart on his sleeve, and whom I find far more complex and relatable than the lowbrow villain he’s often dismissed as.
 
What is your history with Shakespeare BASH'd?
I’ve been a long time fan of Shakespeare BASH’d and am so excited to finally be working with them! I love the ease in rehearsal, the incredible debate about the language and the room’s unified desire to make this dense, lesser-done Shakespeare absolutely electric and digestible without sacrificing the original language; not many companies do that these days.

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Shakespeare BASH'd sets its productions in bars. What is the weirdest place you've performed?
I once performed on a set of stairs in the atrium of the Scarborough Civic Centre (shrug emoji) I know that may not seem so weird, but my memory of being between two floors of spectators and trying to play to them all definitely carries a thick awkwardness about it.
 
What’s the best line in the play?
 “Kneel not to me:
The power that I have on you is, to spare you;
The malice towards you to forgive you. Live,
And deal with others better.”
 
If your character were at Junction City Music Hall, what drink would they order? 
Cloten would have the most expensive whiskey on the menu, and then ruin it by mixing it with Coke.

What is your post-show drink of choice? 
BOURBON

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