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...this production, all the great roles of the play are expertly handled. The central character is, of course, the wise, bookish philosopher-magician Prospero, who prospers indeed in the hands of Morris Carnovsky. Carnovsky's performance is one to put with the unsurpassable Shylock he achieved three years ago. He brings a resonant voice, great dignity, and deep understanding to a most difficult role. He is even able to command attention all through his long opening narrative. And towards the end, after his most famous speech, when he says, "A turn or two I'll walk, To still my beating...
...Prospero's two servants, Ariel and Caliban, represent his control over the upper elements (air and fire) and the lower elements (earth and water). Ariel being half angel and Caliban half beast, the two constitute the termini of Shakespeare's world of humans. Clayton Corzatte, new to the company, is a model Ariel. He is lithe and clean, with an appositely light and attractive tenor voice (for both speech and song). His nimble and graceful movement, unprecedented on this stage, deserves no less a term than choreography; he performs the notable trick of being delicate and sprightly without ever becoming...
...Ring. In the log-toting scene, it is a lovely touch to have Ferdinand caress a log in his arms as he ruminates over his beloved, and then have Miranda embrace the same log out of bashfulness during their ensuing duologue. (Another inspired bit comes at the end when Prospero gives Ariel his much-desired freedom: here the fingertips of the two almost touch, like those of Michelangelo's God and Adam...
...Three Shrines. Nine U.S. festivals are tuning up or have already launched their programs. Of the plays done on college campuses last year, Shakespeare topped the list. Actor Arnold Moss, who won raves for his magical Prospero some seasons back, has completed a 7,000-mile barnstorming tour of eleven states with his Shakespeare Festival Players. No breath of Shakespeare stirs at the moment on Broadway, but off-Broadway's Phoenix Theater has just concluded an excellent revival of Henry IV, Parts I and II. John Gielgud's Ages of Man recording, patterned on his brilliant stage readings...
Having forsworn the part of Hamlet a few years ago, Gielgud now says he will not play Benedick again after this production finishes its present run on Broadway. When someone objected, he replied, "I'll always be left with Lear and Prospero...