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...Hyperion. This freshman-seminar-turned-theater-company, headed by Sam Speedie '99, showed up the HRDC with two outstanding, blockbuster productions: in the fall, "Measure for Measure" and in the spring, "A Midsummer Night's Dream...
...Hyperion, the Disney book subsidiary, could level all the trees in Snow White's forest for its nostalgia and tie-in tomes--not just the inevitable The Art of Hercules, due any day now, but fond, if incestuous, tributes to the anonymous heroes who toiled on Disney cartoons. Canemaker's Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists is a sumptuous introduction to the craftsfolk whose paintings suggested a mood and design for Disney directors. Hyperion has also begun a sketchbook series of drawings from its early works; the first is a beguiling Bambi...
...Hyperion Players, the only undergraduate troupe dedicated solely to bringing the works of Shakespeare to the Harvard stage, have done a remarkable job with the current production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After last semester's dry and disappointing Measure for Measure, the improvement is more along the lines of a full-fledged transformation: the players have gone above and beyond the call of duty to bring out all the comedy and beauty in the play...
Part of the richness of A Midsummer Night's Dream is that it is constructed of many disparate elements: it is equal parts poetic enchantment, serious themes, erotic play and broad belly laughs. The Hyperion players understand the importance of balancing these themes, and execute each level of the play with energy and finesse, making the result far more than the sum of its parts...
...Hyperion has done a remarkable job of realizing one of Shakespeare's finest comedies, and the surprising youth of its cast--nearly all of whom are first-years and sophomores--bodes well for the next few years of Shakespearean performance at Harvard. Although the play's length (two-and-a-half-hours) may seem daunting to some, the show is so skillfully realized and so well paced that the time is well spent. In the words of Queen Hippolyta in the fantastic final scene, "This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard!" But you will enjoy every minute...