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Edmund of Langley (Christian Kanuth) and Henry Bollingbrook (Ben Evett) are best when they ham up their lines. Particularly in Act IV, when the Duchess of York (Rebecca Clark) frantically defends her son, Duke of Aumerle (Debby Farber), from the King, without realizing her son has already been pardoned, Kanuth and Evett are humorous as they become progressively impatient with her persistence and consequently become more cynical...
...eight romantics, Kilty grants only the men the opportunity to let go. During a scene in which the love-smitten Spaniards spy on each other mooning over their loved one's virtues, only Ben Evett crosses the line into the merely silly. The foursome fare much better disguised as dancing Cossacks, taking their roles a little less seriously. Thomas Derrah stuffs King Ferdinand's shirt full enough to make his vow seem like an everyday stunt. Jones, as the Princess, is unable to cut as distinctive a swath, and of her attendants, only Laurie Gallucio appears as a likely candidate...
THIS WEEKEND Harvard gets yet another opportunity to indulge in a masochistic bout of Shakespearean tragedy, this time via Ben Evett's new production of Trothis and Cressida Creatively staged and deftly directed. Evett's production is as successful as any rendition of a largely uninteresting and confused story...
These three magnificent performances plus Evett's masterful handling of the ensemble cast more than compensate for any potential minuses in the production such as its length (three hours with a ten minute intermission), and the unsatisfactory nature of the love story. Shamefully underattended last Thursday night, Troilus and Cressida merits three full houses this coming weekend...
...lizzard, an owl, a puttock, or a herring without a toe. I would not care, but to be Menelaus, I woud conspire against destiny." Scratching her head, pulling at her suit of rags and slobbering over a bottle of brew, Fasolino's Thersites is convulsive. Excellently staged by Evett, Faselino flits from audience to stage and back again at break neck speed...