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Second only to Albion are P. Brien Lasolino as Thersites, the urchan fool who serves as a go between for the Grecian and Trojan camps, and NIck Lawrence as Pandarus. As written by Shakespeare, Thersites provides the audience with a running commentary cum critique of the main players in the tragedy. Pondering on what it would be like to be Menelaus, Thersites remarks "to be an ass, were nothing, be is both ass and ox; to be an ox, were nothing, he is both ox and ass. To be a dog, a mule a cat, a finch, a toad...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Shakespeare Straight & Tragic | 4/19/1985 | See Source »

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