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...cruel touch worthy of the Bard himself, the crowd celebrated sweet victory when Florida finally seemed to be in the Bush camp--only to be told a little over an hour later, that the man from Midland had not won the Presidency after...
...drama worthy of the Bard, no winners emerged last night, as victory speeches and cheering crowds were left in the lurch and concession speeches were retracted. In the end, no man would emerge victorious, or at least on this night...
Sure, you've heard of Hamlet and King Lear. But Timon of Athens? This weekend, one of Shakespeare's least known tragedies makes its Boston premier on the Agassiz Stage as director/producer Matt Hudson '03 brings to life a play that was probably never staged in the Bard's own lifetime. But even if you're not a Shakespeare scholar, there's reason to head for the Agassiz. A moving story of friendship and betrayal, Timon resonates with as much power as any of Shakespeare's better-known works...
...leash back on Crowe and wonder, who is this goddess? An accomplished charismatizer from Madrid. She was born there 26 years ago to a mechanic and a hairdresser, and named after a sweet dirge by poet-bard Joan Manuel Serrat ("Penelope, your sad eyes glow at the sound of a distant train"). Comely and outgoing, she studied ballet and acting as a child, was signed by a talent agent at 15 and was soon dancing in a Schweppes orange-soda commercial. At 17 she earned raves as a teen temptress in the loopy sex farce Jamon Jamon. "I cried when...
...talent just means a greater opportunity to do more Shakespeare. And despite the slight air of defeat in the idea of facing the new millennium with a string of 400 year old plays, it's hard to complain when there are so many worthy productions of the Bard. Leading the pack is the National Theater's new production of Hamlet, starring the incomparable Simon Russell Beale. Bringing a sensitivity and compassion to the title role beyond that found in almost all other stagings in memory, Beale has clearly solidified his position as one of the greatest actors of his generation...