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DIED. A.L. ROWSE, 93, authority on Elizabethan England and Shakespeare; in Cornwall, England. Known as much for his cranky self-assurance as for his scholarship, Rowse wrote scores of books, including a three-volume The Annotated Shakespeare. "This filthy 20th century," he once said. "I hate its guts...
...acceptable reaction. Once upon a time it may have been enough. When George VI and his Queen remained stoically at Buckingham Palace to share with Londoners the horrors and dangers of the wartime blitz, he sealed the affections of his people and prepared the ground for the new Elizabethan era. But this, now, is a revolutionary era, and like the Bourbons it has caught the Windsors by surprise. Call it the era of Diana, who revolted against the "firm" and revolutionized the people's perceptions, not only of what the monarchy is, but what it could become. Even...
Make no mistake, however: this is the classic Shakespearean text, delivered with Elizabethan gusto. As You Like It, remarkable even among Shakespeare's comedies for its sheer number of characters, is staged by such intelligent and versatile actors that even the minor roles shine. Nora Zimmett '00 gives a powerful and richly textured performance as Rosalind, the heroine around whom the rest of the play revolves. It's a tremendous responsibility which she handles with grace, strength and wit. Ryan McKittrick, as her romantic counterpart Orlando, gives his character all the charming hot-headedness and lovelorn sincerity required...
...could summarize the studios' elevated intentions in one word: Hamlet. The whole thing--four hours of Elizabethan English, courtesy of Kenneth Branagh. It's the toniest offering in a bag of very worthy holiday films. And still we hear America saying, "Anyone for pigging out in front of the bowl games...
...this production was that it succeeds in vitalizing a play considered by many critics as evidence that Shakespeare had exhausted the tragic vein. Coriolanus is about violence, power, politics, and pain, themes that are just as relevant to our 20th century America as they were to Shakespeare's Elizabethan England and to Ancient Rome. Carefully conceived and performed, Olson made Coriolanus feel like it was written yesterday. For a play that is almost 400 years old, there is no higher mark of success...