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...Titus Andronicus,” one of Shakespeare’s earlier plays, depicts the mental and emotional breakdown of Titus, a Roman war hero whose stubborn adherence to Roman tradition sparks numerous acts of merciless cruelty and revenge against his family to the point of their complete destruction...
...important directorial decision on Gammons’ part is the consistent use of anachronisms. The choice is evident in the costumes, which are designed by Anna-Alisa Belous; for a story that is originally set during the fall of the Roman Empire, the actors wear modern suits and dresses. They also use flashlights, a chef’s costume, and paper airplanes to various effects, bringing a much-needed comical element to the second...
...plot of the play, which ran at the Loeb Experimental Theatre through March 24, is well known: Fearing that Julius Caesar (Mead) may be crowned Emperor of Rome, a group of Roman citizens, led by Brutus (Jon E. Gentry ‘07) and Cassius (Alexander J. Berman ‘10), plan to assassinate...
...costumes (designed by Amanda C. Shanks ’08) as well as the set seemed to vaguely reference Middle East struggles, but nothing more overt underscored that imagery. What’s more, the characters’ use of swords as well as a single Roman column at the back of the set counteracted the contemporary feel. The column had the practical purpose of allowing stage entrances from behind a screen suspended from it, but its presence confused the setting...
...Abortion on demand, even in the first trimester of a pregnancy, is still illegal in all but three small countries in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America (Cuba, Guyana and Barbados). In fact, abortion prohibitions in some countries there have gotten stricter - even in Nicaragua, where the former Marxist revolutionary Daniel Ortega recently became President again, but where the staunchly pro-life Catholic Church last fall influenced passage of the hemisphere's most draconian ban on abortion...