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...Theaters: Daily listings. Charles: Camb. St. near Gov't Ctr., 227-1330. Back to the Future: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10; St. Elmo's Fire: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10; Last Tango in Paris: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10; Cheri: Dalton opp. Sherton, Boston, 536-2870. Compromising Positions: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:45, 9:45; Creator: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10; Volunteers: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 10. Cinema 57: 200 Stuart St. near Park St., Boston, 482-1222. Fright Night...
...admirer of Brad Dalton's production of Hamlet, I was appalled by the Crimson's seathing review ("Just Not to Be," Crimson, April 26). C.J. Freshman's article only reveals his own insecurities: "This Hamlet is hardly a great man-but a bratty boy only a child psychologist could love, for $100 an hour." Hamlet was certainly done in a new way, but everyone can do without Freshman's staid criticisms. His review is constantly making references to the production being "less like" a rendition of Hamlet and more like a throwback on the tacky culture...
...Dalton's Hamlet misses that tragedy in its lust for innovation. Enter Claudius and court, and Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Relax" echoes inside Leverett Old Library. Let Hamlet speak--whether of lust, love, murder, revenge, proto-angst, what have you--and make him wear a "Relax" button. Enter stage left characters with conspicuously placed Lee jeans patches. Somewhere under the seductive tones of "Relax" I could hear the equally seductive call, all the more insidious for its subtletly, "Innovate...
...COME ON NOW, where car this take us? Visually, Dalton gives us a three-dimensional video that conveys only one-dimensional ideas, a Jungle Book understanding of human nature...
...three and a half hours that is not enough. Dalton's innovation, give its about fifteen minutes of chuckles, but for three-and-a-quarter they sap Hamlet of its lasting place in our, collective consciousness. Skip this production, read the original with your roommates, look for the upcoming video...