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Richard II shows us a rightful but incompetent king. The two Henry IV plays give us an efficient ruler who usurped the throne. Only in Henry V are legitimacy and lustrous leadership combined in one man. Last summer, the American Shakespeare Theater's new artistic director, Peter Coe, chose Henry V to inaugurate his tenure and was lucky enough to enlist the formidable Christropher Plummer for the title role. Coe is kicking off this season with the second play in the sequence, which the AST has not offered for 20 years...
...both Tynan and Agate were Britons-and we are Americans. Director Coe, who is English himself, had to make numerous decisions about how best to present I Henry IV at Stratford-on-Housatonic rather Stratford-on-Avon. In his printed credo, Coe announces as his goal to "realize, to as great a degree as possible, the playwright's original intention." Fine, but Coe has proceeded to depart from his promise in several ways...
Freshman six-footer Cassandra Coe lends a view of the firmer side of the coach. Hogan forced Coe to run more sprints than the other players in practice, to get the big center in shape. "She was always pressuring me," Coe says, conceding, however, that the extra running "helped me tons...
Unfortunately for the J.V. hoopsters, with only one senior leaving the varsity and two starters returning from leaves, chances are that only one or two spots will open up. But, the players agree that being cut from the varsity would not be such a bad fate. As Cassandra Coe says. "I love playing for Nancy I would gladly play J.V. again if she's coaching...
Freshman guard TRACY TRENCH has emerged as the team's standout, averaging 11-6 points per game. Closely trailing Trench in offensive achievements are LANYA BOYER and CASSANDRA COE, who are notching about 10 and 7.5 points per game...