Fallout 76: Players perform on Twitch in Shakespeare's Macbeth
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The pandemic has undermined the theater industry in many countries of the world, but not the imagination of the Fallout 76 players, who organized and staged Shakespeare's Macbeth live.A community in August of Fallout 76 had rolled up their sleeves and armed with a lot of imagination and commitment they had created a post-apocalyptic version of the famous Globe Theater in London, renamed The Grafton Globe. At the end of the works, among other things with impressive results, the group stated that in the future they would organize theatrical performances of Shakespeare's works.
The Theater Company, this is the name chosen by the Fallout 76 theater company, in fact, he decided to go big, making a shortened version of Macbeth, about 40 minutes long, which was staged live on Twitch and acted by actors using the characters of Fallout 76. The result? Really special, but certainly very interesting. You can see it for yourself, in the recording of the work in the video below.
In the past the company had also performed in other works, such as Hamlet, A Clockwork Orange and West Side Story, but that of Macbeth is the first high-profile show, complete with live broadcast on Twitch. Just to show the level of care and organization of the event, there was also a backstage area, complete with dressing rooms for the actors to change clothes and review the lines. A real treat.
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The pandemic ravaged the theatre industry, so a group of Fallout 76 players performed Macbeth live in-game
'The arts find a way to survive.'
The pandemic has ravaged the theatre industry across the world - but one group of intrepid Fallout 76 players came up with a cool idea to help the show go on.
The Theatre Company, a theatre troupe that operates within the world of Fallout 76, staged a production of Macbeth live in-game, and streamed it on Twitch with the help of machinima experts Fallout Five-0.
One member of the team designed a theatre inside the game that was modelled after Shakespeare's Globe, calling it The Grafton Globe theatre. Others worked on lighting and sound design. The script, which was adapted to come in at under 40 minutes, was performed live by a group of actors, with lines delivered over proximity chat as the characters acted scenes out in real time.
There was even a backstage area in which players changed wardrobe and listened for cues.
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Check it out in the video below:
'During COVID-19, theatres around the world have had to close, so our group of drama-loving video game players took to the stage in-game, held rehearsals, and performed live to an audience in-game and streamed online,' Northern Harvest, who directed the play and assumed the role of Young Siward, told Eurogamer over email.
'This also adds commentary to how the arts survive during crisis: whether in post-apocalyptic Appalachia, or during a COVID-19 pandemic in real life. The arts find a way to survive.
'I'm not sure if Shakespeare's Macbeth has ever been live-performed in a video game before (certainly not in Fallout).'
The Theatre Company has in the past staged scenes from the likes of Hamlet, A Clockwork Orange and West Side Story within Fallout 76, but Macbeth is its most high-profile production yet.
What's next? It's working on Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker at its version of the Bolshoi.
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