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With such a small cast (only four performers) and virtually no set, the strong staging that director Christine Nyereyegona '00 has created for this compelling psychological drama rests squarely in the believability of the ensemble. Robert Fuller is absolutely remarkable as George; his eerie detachment-occasionally overwhelmed by his suppressed anger boiling over-carries the action of the drama and most of the audience's sympathies. Anna Pound's Martha puts up a good fight, but is just slightly too shrewish to make her incessant complaints of George's failure sound convincing. Though interesting characters themselves, Nick and Honey...
...Siemens '98 as Claudius started out well, striking a deliberately ambiguous balance between jovial sympathy and ominous hints of temper, but later resorted to indicating the kings conflicting and repressed emotions by playing the role with physical stiffness on the one hand, and bellowing anger on the other. Christine Nyereyegona '00 was a regal Gertrude, if rather lacking in subtlety in her bedroom confrontation scene with Hamlet, and Jesse Hawkes '99 was an unobtrusive and shamefully underexploited Horatio. The luminous Ophelia, of Jessica Kaye '00, too, began winningly enough, but she overplayed her madness scenes just slightly...
...honest, it's kind of a nice idea to have it in a club," Christine J. Nyereyegona '00 said, "but I expected the club to be a bit more up-market...
...waitress said they don't usually play thiskind of music," Nyereyegona said. "You should nothave to go to a formal and have to listen toCeline Dion--ever...
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