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...HATE HAMLET. Nicol Williamson may really be John Barrymore's ghost -- he looks, sounds and swashbuckles like him as the bravura otherworldly mentor to a young TV star turned tragedian in this slight but fetching Broadway comedy...
...would like to bring to your attention two glaring, embarrassing journalistic faux pas that appeared in the "Arts" section of your publication on Thursday, April 11. The following excerpts are taken from Margaret H. Gleason's "Hamlet Unable to Sustain Innovation," and P. Gregory Maravilla's "Sadism and Flying Refrigerators," respectively...
Unfortunately, Mulford abandons her experimental staging as the play progresses. During the second half of Hamlet, each speaker delivers their monologue while stiffly positioned at center stage--this technique effectively destroys the innovation that Mulford had promised the audience earlier. Hamlet's famous soliloquy is rendered by a subdued Alexander Pak, the emotional impact drained by static staging...
...fairly solid cast bolsters this production. Pak is impressive as the troubled prince, his charisma carrying him through most of the difficulties of the production. Explosive throughout his early scenes, Pak remians believeable while expressing both sorrow and rage. Particularly during Hamlet's early moments of madness, Pak commands the audience's complete attention. Disappointingly, he loses some of his vitality in the second half of the show...
Mulford's production hints at the creativity which could have made Hamlet exceptional. Unfortunately, the abandonment of these ideas early in the play renders the remainder dull and leaves the audience wondering why a truly innovative staging...