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...Smith's Agamemnon and Nicholas Pyle's Aegisthus provide fine support for Miss Tolentino, but the only character not overshadowed by her is Cassandra. Laura Esterman's tormented writhing and her cries of anguish are immensely moving; later she reappears as a quieter but equally impressive Electra...
There is, however, another side, a quieter, more relaxed side, to Burton's Hamlet. This is the gentlemanly prince, out for a walk with Horatio, who comes across a gravedigger and pauses to discuss the shortness of life; this, too, is the musing, reflective Hamlet who recites the "To be or not to be" soliloquy almost without a change of tone, almost without a gesture. Burton's Hamlet begins his speech in a reverie, and remains in it until Ophelia interrupts...
...some respects the production occasionally drags. The first half of the play, which is full of battles and intrigues, moves very well; but the second half, where the soliloquies and quieter moments are introduced, begins too slowly and never regains its earlier momentum until Edward's death scene. The lighting is less effective than it might have been and is at one of two points puzzling. Music, however, is used to good advantage in the pageant scenes, and Hamlin's blocking almost provides the action itself...
...death scene, like several other emotion-ridden moments, is set up by a quiet conversation that precedes it. In fact Basil Ashmore, who cut the two full-length parts of Tamburlaine into a two-and-a-half-hour show, retained most of the play's quieter moments while cutting back on the noise. The changes he has worked are radical; Bajazeth and Zabina disappear from part one, the Christian kings and their Muslim allies form part two. Almost all the battle scenes are excised, and so, unfortunately, are some important parts of Zenocrate's role. It is inevitable that much...
...laughing when you saw Beyond the Fringe in New York, preserve the memory. Better yet, drop down to the Loeb some afternoon where any number of drama wonks have memorized the record and are ever sniffing about for a fresh audience. Hams they may be, but they do it quieter, funnier, and better than the road cast at the Wilbur...