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...undergraduate, Daniel Selzer, acting director of the Loeb, was president of Theatre Intime, "an affected name for the Princeton equivalent of the HDC." And as an actor in student productions, Daniel Selzer, widely acclaimed for his performance as Falstaff last spring portrayed Tartuffe, Iago, and Henry...
...paunchy Seltzer "imitating the nature" of Falstaff in Henry IV, Part I was more an interpretive than a physical problem. "Although a rather old man to be enjoying the games of boys, Sir John must be prevented from becoming a pathetic figure. Somehow we must laugh at the things he does, not the man." Developing the character was a formidable and slow process. "The actor must find the way in which the text relates to his imagination; the fun is in fooling around with any number of equally valid ways of projecting a line...
...merged with the powerful Douglas clan and inherited their vast, 50,000-acre estates in the Douglas Valley, 80 miles west of Coldstream. For several centuries, the bold, battling lairds of Douglas and Home fought the English and rustled their cattle. The 4th Earl of Douglas was acclaimed by Falstaff in Henry IV as "that sprightly Scot of Scots that runs o'horseback up a hill perpendicular...
...pronunciation of Bolingbroke. Otherwise, the Loeb has poured its professional competence freely: there is much swordplay, adequately trained; Donald Soule's stolid set suits the play superbly; the devices on shields are undoubtedly authentic; perfectionists designed the costumes. Not much less, it must be admitted, should surround this Falstaff...
...Hamlin, I say, could have left the show to Falstaff. But Mr. Hamlin obviously has a conscience and something of a recognition that actors in Henry IV must interpret their characters with a really careful consistency. Hal, Hotspur, and King Henry in particular are always talking about themselves and about each other, and the very least they have to do (even if one completely discards the question of continuity with Richard II and Part Two) is to develop themselves on the stage to justify the descriptions. This Philip Kerr's Hotspur accomplishes splendidly. Begining as a simple hothead, "nettled...