I just the following press release about the upcoming production of Hamlet in Second Life. I'm very excited about this and can't wait to attend.
Date: 2/25/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Elealora Writer (SL Name)
SL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY TO LAUNCH INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE
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The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) will open its first live mini-production of an Elizabethan production of Shakespeare's Hamlet on "SLSC Thursday", February 28th at 6 PM SL Time (PST). This will be the first in a series of single scene miniproductions the Company has planned to both preview and prepare for its upcoming full length version of Hamlet to open in November.
This mini-production performance of Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1 Extended will be enacted in live voice by professional actors who are represented on-stage by avatar characters dressed in historically accurate wardrobe. In-world technological innovations such as sculpted animated faces, clever techniques in texture and sound effect preloading and novel methods for audience participation and interaction are a few extra bells and whistles of the event. Closed-captioning will be provided by subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish. HUD's to facilitate the audience experience will be distributed on-
site at the SL Globe Theatre in-world and in the SL Shakespear Company group,
the company's in-world update group.
The show opens on "SLSC Thursday," February 28th at 6 PM SLT, with nine additional international showtimes:
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
The inaugural performance will be held at the SL Globe Theatre, [ http://slurl.com/secondlife/sLiterary/62/36/21 ].
The SL Shakespeare Company hopes to implement more innovations to improve and
expand the state of virtual theatre with the opening of each mini-production, and hopes to implement simulSim broadcasting technology to facilitate producer Ina Centaur's vision of "infinite theatre" for our next mini-production.
