Word: gratiano
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accomplishment is especially welcome, for it illustrates what can be done by long and dedicated hard work without any pronounced help from lady luck. In the early seasons of the Festival, Colicos was just one of the many actors doing yeoman service in small parts. From Lodovico in Othello, Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, and Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Colicos was advanced to the important supporting roles of Laertes in Hamlet and Lysander in Midsummer Night's Dream. Then, in the final offering of the 1958 season, he was entrusted with the central role of The Winter...
...Aldredge is the talkative Gratiano. In the Trial Scene, when the tables are turned on Shylock, Gratiano indulges in not just the usual sarcasm; he positively relishes the chance to stamp on Shylock when he's down. Shakespeare contented himself with telling us that Shylock has oft been spat upon. Here, at Shylock's last exit, we actually see Gratiano (ironic name!) spit upon the Jew-- just as, in an earlier scene, we are treated to the spectacle of seeing his fellow Jew, Tubal spat...