Word: macbeth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Curse of Eve" consists mostly of an endless list of unsavory female characters of various types--from Lady Macbeth and the Furies to "Andromeda chained to her rock." Women in male literature through the ages, she suggests, are seen predominantly as natural forces, parts of the landscape through which the adventurer travels, forces of unthinking good or inhuman, automatic evil...
...favorite works of Shakespeare. Farrell describes Richard II as serious poetry that portrays an element of sadness. "It is not depressing sad, but the kind that makes you think." Filming Richard II also had practical advantages. Not as popular as other Shakespeare plays such as Hamlet or Macbeth, a production of it leaves more room for creativity and less room for comparison. Also, as a work of Shakespeare, Richard II is guaranteed an audience...
Dean J. Norris '85, who plays Macbeth, said he was "a bit hesitant initially about doing it, but Bill talked me into it. It's fun to push yourself in ways you wouldn't in a more conventional production...
...Medea," a Greek tragedy, Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and the popular fairy tale "Cinderella" all opened last night in the basement of Adams House G-entry. All at the same time. All on the same stage...
Actor Christopher L. Moore '86 faces the challenge of playing Lady Macbeth--all the roles in Macbeth are played by men; all those in Medea by women--while "Medea" and "Cinderella" go on at the same time...