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It’s a tale as old as time: two households, both alike in dignity. From “Romeo and Juliet?? to “West Side Story,” forbidden love has been a staple in the theater. But how often does Harvard hear that tale told in Spanish?In a break with tradition, the newly formed student group “Harvard College TEATRO!” debuted a production “Bodas de Sangre” by Federico García Lorca in the original Spanish in the Agassiz Theatre last...
...Beckett ’09, who is also a Crimson editor, the actors playing Romeo and Juliet respectively. We’ve asked them to spill the beans and give us a behind-the-scenes look on working on the play. The Harvard Crimson: “Romeo and Juliet?? is one of the most well known, if not the most well known Shakespearean play. How do you approach these two characters? Lois Beckett: I think it’s really hard, especially at the balcony scene because everyone knows it. I used to do it with...
...years ago. However, several undergraduate thespians, led by President Sean R. Fredricks ’07 and Vice President Tara L. Moross ’09, hope to engineer a Shakespearean renaissance on campus and revive the ailing company, starting with a production of “Romeo and Juliet?? this spring. Any successful theatrical production requires ambition and hard work; for Hyperion, other factors have made the journey even more difficult. When Fredricks first took the helm of the company, he was shocked to discover the financial and organizational problems that plagued the group...
...including the scenes “The Montagues and the Capulets,” “Juliet, Young Woman,” “Dance,” “Dance of the Girls from the Antilles,” and “Romeo at Juliet??s Grave.” The orchestra’s string players were particularly remarkable for their clear pizzicato and skilled glissandos.“Romeo and Juliet?? is notable for its many solos, played by everything from snare drum to bass clarinet...
...during his sophomore summer, Mitnick drew new ideas and icons into the language of musical theater. Mitnick later spent two summers working for Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty, the composer for “Ragtime.” From the Currier House musical “Peanut Butter and Juliet??—a transposition of Shakespeare’s play into the American South with “two warring families at opposing truck stops”—to “The Life and Many Deaths of Mister Plumb,” Mitnick?...