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However, they are nearly upstaged by Henry Clarke '00, who turns in a very strong performance in the bit part of Hamlet. Since Hamlet is not the real focus here, we are only treated to snippets of his antic ravings and self-important brooding. But Clarke's characterization makes these bits very funny and prominent, almost undermining Stoppard's vision of Hamlet as a peripheral presence...
...tragicomic scenes from that play--was also marked by this problem: Hamlet's comic interaction with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was much damaged by high speed and a poor sense of timing on the part of all three actors. But David W. Egan '00, the scene's Hamlet, was satisfyingly antic throughout, and gave a solid performance of the scene's classic long speeches--speeches which include such lines as "What a piece of work is a man" and "O God! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space!--were it not that...
...variety of genres, including travel writing, memoirs (A Cab at the Door, 1968), biographies, novels (Dead Man Leading, 1937) and numerous collections of literary criticism and short stories. He was a rare book reviewer who could also create memorable fiction. His stories, comic but sympathetic renderings of the antic aspirations of ordinary people, remained refreshingly old-fashioned and essentially timeless and enduring, given all the literary fads he lived through. Pritchett expressed his credo in the preface to his Collected Stories (1982): "I have always thought it the duty of writers to justify their people, for we all feel that...
...night's final antic, Gibson was dressed in a kilt and red wig and then asked to wear a red and blue...
...Collins is not that of tragic Ireland but of lightsome Hollywood, making sure that past and principles don't weigh too heavily on a biopic's audience. You can see this in the bantering palship of Collins and his faithful sidekick Harry Boland (Aidan Quinn), and in the largely antic rivalry that develops between them over the affections of pert Kitty Kiernan (Julia Roberts). It's even there in the characterization of Eamon de Valera, President of the nascent Irish Republic. He's wonderfully played by Alan Rickman as a deeply devious neurasthenic, but he is seen by Jordan...