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...website, the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club describes William Shakespeare’s “Pericles”—written in part by the much less eloquent George Wilkins—as a “rarely produced tragi-comic-histori-vulgar monstrosity of the Shakespeare canon.” A late and obscure work, “Pericles” tells the story of the eponymous prince of Tyre. According to Meryl H. Federman ’11, producer and president of the Hyperion Shakespeare Company (HSC), Pericles “is the great guy that horrible...
Inspiring, magnetic, and daring are words that frequently appear in descriptions of theatrical superstar J. Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10. During his time at Harvard, he has been involved in every aspect of the theater process—he has performed in 14 productions, directed or assisted in six others, and written four original plays. This spring, he is a recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts for his outstanding talent and achievement in the performance and composition of drama...
Cutmore-Scott grew up in London and came to Harvard after taking a gap year to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is an English concentrator, but has also studied Russian, Italian, French, and Portuguese...
...four years here, Cutmore-Scott has also been focused on writing and producing original work—three of his own plays as well as the original work of others. In his very first year at Harvard, Cutmore-Scott wrote, directed, and produced “Fall,” a comedy about the ups and downs of being a freshman. “There is always a spin and twist to his writing,” Zachary B. Sniderman ’09 notes. “Even with something like ‘Fall,’ which...
...through casting, through rehearsals, and then really put on a good product,” Breaux explains. “He has that well-roundedness that you really need to make an impact in theater.” Breaux believes that Cutmore-Scott has made an important contribution to Harvard theater by setting the precedent of bringing fresh work to the stage. In doing this, he has both made room for original work to be produced in the Loeb Experimental Theater and helped create an atmosphere where people are receptive...