Word: evanses
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Shakespeare did not write excerpts; he wrote plays. This is the start of the trouble with the program for two players, "Shakespeare Revisited," which has just joined the repertory at Stratford. In this magma, Helen Hayes and Maurice Evans are offering snippets from eighteen plays in the course of two...
Evans is dressed in a tuxedo, Miss Haves in an evening gown (green in the first half, black in the second) occasionally pieced out with a shawl or cap. The all-purpose setting, by Don Shirley, consists of a platform with a bench and two stools, and a backdrop flat...
The evening begins with Evans delivering the Prologue from Henry V. But when Shakespeare wrote, "Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts," he had no idea of the imperfections that would blight this production. And even Coleridge himself would have to admit that there are limits to the "willing suspension...
Stratford, Conn., American Shakespeare Festival: Richard II and Henry IV, Part I, plus Shakespeare Revisited (readings rendered by Helen Hayes and Maurice Evans).
Stratford, Conn., American Shakespeare Festival: Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1, plus an evening of Shakespeare Revisited (selected readings by Helen Hayes and Maurice Evans).