Kilt Help

**Kilt TN** · 22nd December 07, 11:37 AM

All I can say is remember the pleats go in the back

**turpin** · 22nd December 07, 05:03 PM

Jeez, and here I was thinking it was Brigad**n.

**TheKiltedWonder** · 22nd December 07, 05:35 PM

haha, I know the superstition about MacB, but I couldn't tell if he was maybe referring to Brigadoon because of the desire to actually have the kilts right

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So, since kilts will be worn in this production, let's move from historical accuracy to how to accurately wear a modern kilt.
If you look at the Kilt DO's and DONT's, I think you will have a good education in how to wear the kilt. And it's much more fun than most "research".
I think some of the accessories might be pricier than a cheaper kilt like those mentioned already. Anyone have ideas on good ways to replicate the look of key accessories from stage (we don't want them to end up in our Kilt DONT section after all!) without replicating the cost?
Good luck! And maybe some new people will get hooked on kilts!

**cacunn** · 22nd December 07, 06:36 PM

For sporrans they could be made out of heavy canvas, dyed brown and black. They could also use fake fur. A wooden button for closure. It's not how it looks close up but how it looks in the first row.

**Panache** · 22nd December 07, 07:15 PM

One thing you have yet to mention, Kaeden, is when your version of...the Scottish Play is being set. The wonderful thing about Shakespeare's plays is that one can set them virtually any time and any place.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz has done...

Hamlet in Kennedy Era White house

Titus Andronicus in a savage "Road Warrior" like future

Mac...The Scottish Play in Feudal Japan (Note to self put on "Throne of Blood" on Netflix queue)

Kilts might be very appropriate, the question remains...

...what kind?

Cheers

Jamie

**macwilkin** · 22nd December 07, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Panache

One thing you have yet to mention, Kaeden, is when your version of...the Scottish Play is being set. The wonderful thing about Shakespeare's plays is that one can set them virtually any time and any place.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz has done...

Hamlet in Kennedy Era White house

Titus Andronicus in a savage "Road Warrior" like future

Mac...The Scottish Play in Feudal Japan (Note to self put on "Throne of Blood" on Netflix queue)

Kilts might be very appropriate, the question remains...

...what kind?

Cheers

Jamie

But the best version, INMHO, is Orson Welles' 1948 film version.

Jamie: according to my dad, you only need to use "the Scottish play" inside of a theatre.

T.

**Panache** · 23rd December 07, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

But the best version, INMHO, is Orson Welles' 1948 film version.

Jamie: according to my dad, you only need to use "the Scottish play" inside of a theatre.

T.

I know but it's such a fun superstition that I thought I'd take it outside for a bit!

One to avoid is the Polanski version, though there are some pretty amusing things in it:

The "Is this a dagger I see before me?" speach had me rolling on the floor (Macbeth follows a cartoon dagger through the castle).

Lady Macbeth giving her final speach in a high stone tower, in Scotland, in the nude (I all could think of the entire time was "Jeepers she must be cold!)

Though I really disliked the film the end is very effective and creepy.

Cheers

Jamie