Word: good
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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EDITOR IN CHIEF has speed to go wire to wire and drops in class to capture the purse, MOP TOP has beaten good fillies, TOMMY'S PET tries to win three...
...keyword to both the play and this production is balance. Much Ado, like the other plays in Shakespeare's Renaissance style (as opposed to his Mannerist and Baroque styles), exhibited a good deal of symmetry. The central tragicomic Claudio-Hero plot is balanced by the high comedy of Beatrice and Benedick and the low comedy of Dogberry and Verges. The evil bastard Don John is a foil to his genial legitimate brother Don Pedro; and these young brothers contrast with the older-generation brothers Antonio and Leonato. Don John's two male attendants (Borachio and Conrade) balance. Hero's female...
...current third try, fortunately, Charles Cioffi and Patricia Elliott balance each other beautifully. Cioffi's performance is not up to Drake's or Bosco's, but it is very good all the same; and Miss Elliott's is almost the equal of the delectable Beatrice that Rosemary Harris once played opposite Barry Morse (also an even match...
Throughout the show the eye is ravished by a constant series of breathtakingly beautiful Renaissance costumes, designed by Jane Greenwood. For the men, the colors run largely to browns, with a healthy admixture of white and black. The women wear very wide farthingales, which are the sources of a good deal of comic business. And one must not overlook Thomas Skelton's helpful lighting...
...emission of loud and raucous noise has long been considered conduct sufficient to constitute disturbing the peace. Proof of commission of the crime is sufficient if the acts are of such a nature as tend to annoy good citizens and do in fact annoy any one person present," Cronin's opinion stated...