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MANAGING EDITOR: Henry Muller...
...Heinrich Muller...
Rachel Cohen's Ophelia was a great complement to Hamlet. When she changes from Shakespeare's weak, supplicating girl to Heinrich Muller's strong, gruff-voiced feminist, she threatens to overshadow the play's lead character. Though her solo dance left much to be desired on both her part and that of choreographer Kaiama Glover, her unorthodox lines were delivered with sufficient punch and conviction to enthrall the audience...
...successes of von Loesch and Nash's direction were formidable, considering the failings of Muller's text. The play itself seems to be another title to add to the growing number of plays aimed solely at examining tradition and modern society and then slowly destroying them. Disregarding fundamentals of plot and character, Hamletmaschine barrels on like a renegade freight train to a destination unknown. The program guide indeed forewarns us that the "production might be unpalatable to people accustomed to traditional forms of theater," but the disclaimer does not excuse the play's lack of coherence and design...
...program also hints at the play's message: The world is "hurtling towards a social, ecological and mass-mediated cultural catastrophe, for which Western Enlightenment seems to have no solution." With this defeatist slogan in hand, Muller proceeds to attack the audience with images and scenarios that represent this "catastrophe...