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...Life Extension, Pearson and Shaw...
...typical Instead of trying to coddle the audience through a long expository opening scene with clowns and cavortings, he leaves the Ex dark for at least ten minutes, forcing the audience to concentrate as four disembodied voices exhaustively lay out the play's premise. The King of Navarre (Alex Pearson) has persuaded his three friends. Dumanine, Longaville, and Berowne, to join in a vow to study for three years-fasting, rarely sleeping, and forswearing the company of women. They all swear, despite misgivings, quite forgetting that the Princess of France is arriving that day on an embassy from her father...
...OTHER CHARACTERS have this opportunity. Not only is there little differentiation among Berowne's three cohorts (played by Nick Wyse, Alex Pearson and Ian White) or among their four lady loves (Robin Driscoll. Alison Carey, Miriam Schmir and Nina Bernstein); to make matters worse, random comic pairs appear at intervals, exchange verbal abuse and eventually band together to present the nobility a pageant of "The Nine Worthies...
Somewhat less successful. Alex Pearson seems a bit uncomfortable in his role as Dr. Roerlund, the schoolmaster in charge of the town's women. The control he has over the group calls for a bit of seduction, sexuality veiled by religion, or at least the polish of sophistication which could win these matrons and maids alike. None of this becomes evident until midway through the second act, and his hold on one of the town's more spirited females remains inexplicable...
Winthrop House tutor Rodney Pearson won a 50-mile race at the championships of the New England Athletics Congress, with a time of six hours, 50 minutes, 31 seconds. He finished almost a mile ahead of the second-place finisher...