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...Like the movie Wag the Dog, the premise of Compleat Works is loaded with humorous potential that remains largely unmined. Lines like "a nose by any other name would still smell" are funny but pale when compared to the sardonic text-twisting of Tom Stoppard's comparable Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead...
...including Goldie, Bjork and Aphex Twin. William Orbit, Madonna's collaborator on the CD (he co-wrote and co-produced nearly every track) says she might release a second CD featuring the songs that were too experimental to make the album. "It would be like the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," says Orbit, who has also worked with Seal and Massive Attack. "You'd see the original album from a slightly different angle...
Although the notion of Hamlet as meta-drama isn't new to theater (i.e. Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead), Groundlings puts a clever and original spin on Shakespeare's nihilistic drama. Clamence indicts Roulleau for having watched a play, taken vicarious pleasure in the characters' lives, and ultimately refused to take a stake in its consequences. His trial thereby acquires a metaphorical character, addressing the purpose of theater in modern society and the nature of its relationship with its audience. In one tirade, Clamence likens Roulleau's behavior to our usual reaction to TV news...
...doesn't say anywhere that you can be in the brochure if you're not receiving money. I'm sure it's possible but it doesn't say that," she said, adding that her play, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," was automatically included in the brochure once it received funding...
...originally going to see 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' in Leverett, but it was sold out, so my friend and I went to an acting improv workshop in Mather House," said Ethan S. Brown '99. "It turned out to be a lot of fun, and I was really glad I happened to end up there. Plus, it was free, and that...