Word: marino
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Huntington Library in swanky San Marino has said it will only allow those with proper "scholarly credentials" (according to The New York Times) to see the photos. If you're interested, the library wants to know the purpose of your study project--along with letters of recommendation, ideally. Even then, you don't get to see the actual photograph negatives of the texts. You get microfilm...
Romeo and Juliet: This tragic tale of star-crossed lovers received a fresh and vibrant interpretation by director Jim Marino. Marino emphasized the youthfulness of Shakespeare's characters and the bloody consequences of their immature passions. Tom Chick and Shelia McDonald earned our empathy with their appealing performances as Romeo and Juliet. McDonald's Juliet was particularly impressive--her balcony scene reminded the audience of an infatuated teenager pining away for her musical idol in Bye Bye Birdie...
Mulford's staging innovations are initially quite arresting. The farewell scene between Polonius (James Marino) and Laertes is especially humorous. As he utters the immortal words, "To thine own self be true," Marino writes a check for his son. Freed spends much of the scene grasping for the paper, evidently more interested in acquiring his father's money than his advice...
...Marino provided outstanding comic relief as the doddering Polonius, and Sheila MacDonald shines as the troubled Gertrude. Saddly, Steven Lucado's Claudius never reaches any kind of emotional intensity. In the final scenes he appears bland--the evil man who killed his brother in order to possess his kingdom and his wife never emerges in Lucando's performance...
Kishlansky, currently researching at theHuntington Library in San Marino, California,could not be reached for comment yesterday