Word: kaplan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lost its edge. The innovation of two Shakespearean anti-heroes on center stage, the stark contrast between Elizabethan and modern language--and the themes of the finality of death, the role of fate and the insignificance of human life--are not dulled even after many staging. Director Roger Kaplan's interpretation, while not radically different from others,' lands "heads up" with a lively presentation...
Another trap in Stoppard's play is the confining of rich, mock-Elizabethan dialogue to a spare, absurdist setting--as critics have pointed out, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern draws heavily from Samuel Beckett's style. But director Kaplan perhaps tips the scales too heavily toward the absurd tradition. The stark stage, the sparse furniture are all there, and rightly so. But the Shakespearean tradition is just as important: Stoppard includes sizable chunks from Hamlet, and his own words show a penchant for language tricks...
Steven M. Kaplan Oak Park, Mich...
Students contacted recently do not seem to feel threatened by the new policy. "If they're not willing to hold tutorials below a minimum enrollment, then it's good to find out now," Daniel M. Kaplan '85, a biology concentrator, said...
...considers the rule ideal. "Even civil libertarians sort of hold their noses while arguing for it," says Stanford Law Professor John Kaplan. He would permit the use of any relevant evidence even if it was unlawfully obtained, but only when the offending officer's department has training and disciplinary programs to promote adherence to the Fourth Amendment. Kaplan's approach is also favored by the Police Executive Research Forum, which is made up of police chiefs and county sheriffs...