Word: andronicus
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...came home feeling nice and lethargic. I could go back to conquering the world after graduation; this laziness was sweet. Two days later, of course, opportunity came knocking—my friend Julie e-mailed saying she needed someone to fill a part in the Mainstage production of Titus Andronicus she was in. I was cast Tuesday, and the play opened three days later. (Though I auditioned for Mutius, a guy who dies quickly and honorably in the first act, I was cast in non-speaking roles in the ensemble—playing, among other things, a chain belt-wearing...
...thespians have been adding a little raunch and raciness to the theater scene in a city severely lacking in adult entertainment. In the past two weeks, student actors have served up a double-helping of sexcapades with the student-written buck and the Loeb Mainstage’s Titus Andronicus...
...Titus Andronicus is among Shakespeare’s least heralded plays in terms of dramatic substance, it generally provides gripping, visceral entertainment with its abundant treachery, violence and dismemberment. In other words, it could be the perfect respite for the overworked Harvard student. It is diappointing, then, that the current Loeb Mainstage production, under the direction of Anthony J. Gabriele ’03, fails to do justice to even the play’s most obvious charms in his amateurish and misguided presentation...
...Titus Andronicus is not an easy play to tackle. When a show is most present in the public consciousness from a recent film version remarkable for its breathtaking visuals, there’s much to live up to, both in terms of respecting the text and creating something aesthetically memorable. Perhaps that pressure is what inspired this production. Nevertheless, the answer to what the director was searching for remains—much like the arbitrarily costumed actors beneath the dim lights—elusive...
...Titus Andronicus...