Word: juliets
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...actor was virtually born one: great-nephew of actress Ellen Terry and second cousin of designer Gordon Craig. By 21, in Chekhov and Coward, he was a London fixture. He directed and starred in the renowned 1935 Romeo and Juliet (the cast included Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans and Alec Guinness), advancing Olivier's career by swapping roles (Romeo and Mercutio) in mid-run. Later he championed bold young playwrights, directing Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, starring in Christopher Fry's The Lady's Not for Burning, Edward Albee's Tiny Alice and Edward Bond's Bingo...
...Diane had also played Hamlet in her twenties, and also played Ophelia with Kevin Klein onstage, so she knew the play better than anyone. EH: She was a great resource, in three different capacities. She was Clare Danes' mother in _Romeo + Juliet...
...Senegalese drummers and the Madrigal Quintet. For Shakespeare fans, though, the choice is even tougher, as this weekend and the next will see four different productions of the Bard's work going up around campus. The upcoming shows offer perspectives ranging from a minimalist treatment of Romeo and Juliet to an elaborate staging of Trollius and Cressida as a post-apocalyptic desert rave. "I can't think of a more different set of productions than the four that will be going up in the next two weeks," said director Josh Edelman '00, whose version of Twelfth Night...
...opposite end of the spectrum is the minimalist production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Kathryn Walsh '00. The show will take place on the steps of Memorial Church and will employ no set and limited costuming and props. For Walsh, working under limited conditions is actually somewhat liberating as it "allows us to use the text as a starting place rather than some time period...
...together very nicely without her. I've always been looking for some way to use her but when I wrote this, I didn't have her in mind. I had Elaine May in mind for the other role, but not Tracy Ullman. And then I was talking to Juliet Taylor about the casting and her name came up and I said, "My God, she'd be perfect." She'd get the laughs, she's a solid actress - and then I panicked. I worried I wouldn't get her - but we were lucky to get her. She has a choppy schedule...