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MIDSUMMER NIGHTS: A LOOK AT HRST...
Williams: I think it's important for those high school students to be exposed to a collegiate dramatic experience. High schools have a wide range of quality in their dramatic programs. HRST provides a venue for the secondary school student to see a college-level production and even to get involved in that production...
...HRST's audience is dragged into the fracas from the moment they enter the Loeb Ex. They are presented with two programs, one to "Noises Off," and the other to "Nothing On," the frothy British comedy that the touring troupe intends to present. The audience, like the actors, plays dual roles as the chaos rises and "Nothing On" degenerates into "Noises...
...audience is watching a play within a play. If the sound effects are off, the set tacky, the lines flubbed, the sardines late for their entrance, it can be blamed on the crazily inept production of "Nothing On," rather than the cast and crew of "Noises Off." Fortunately, HRST is more than capable of working without a net. The production, at least from the house, runs flawlessly...
...HRST nearly does the impossible in giving Frayn's script the dual-leveled comedic chaos it demands. "Noises Off" is a guaranteed evening of laughter, and ends the adventurous HRST season with a successful staging gamble. It is also the last chance Harvard audiences may have to claim recent graduates Fish, Guillory, Lithgow and Walling as their own before others discover them...