Word: hamlets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vastly different habit-forming products, seem to have been destined for a literary rendezvous. But where? Escobar and his remorseless crew are too malignant for Garcia Marquez's familiar magic realism. Fortunately, the author learned the writer's trade in journalism, where the best editorial advice still comes from Hamlet's mother: "More matter, with less...
...STOPPARD'S ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE Dead is all about reversing expectations. Stoppard brings the two most minor characters from Hamlet to the forefront of his play and explores the comedic--and occasionally existential--results of looking at life from their point of view. The current production at the Leverett Old Library seeks to place the audience in that very same position: in the empty room that constitutes the show's set, the two characters seem to be speaking not only to each other, but to an audience who can sympathize with their confused plight. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are always...
However, they are nearly upstaged by Henry Clarke '00, who turns in a very strong performance in the bit part of Hamlet. Since Hamlet is not the real focus here, we are only treated to snippets of his antic ravings and self-important brooding. But Clarke's characterization makes these bits very funny and prominent, almost undermining Stoppard's vision of Hamlet as a peripheral presence...
...Hamlet excerpt--one of the many tragicomic scenes from that play--was also marked by this problem: Hamlet's comic interaction with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was much damaged by high speed and a poor sense of timing on the part of all three actors. But David W. Egan '00, the scene's Hamlet, was satisfyingly antic throughout, and gave a solid performance of the scene's classic long speeches--speeches which include such lines as "What a piece of work is a man" and "O God! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite...
...CANDIDATE] COLIN POWELL FORMER CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF [SIGN OF RUNNING] No real ones, as usual [PLAUSIBILITY FACTOR] He's the colossus of the field--if he wants it [WANTS TO REMIND US OF:] Colin Powell [ACTUALLY REMINDS US OF:] Hamlet...