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...powerful king, propped up by a conniving board until his company's stock began to fall, at which point, in a moment of lucidity as sudden as it was suspect, the board reversed itself. Today, I'm torn between two visions of Messier. First, I see a Shakespearean character: he rose swiftly, lost everything, was betrayed by his peers and stabbed in the back by his own corporate family, eviscerated by the market and misunderstood by all. But he will quickly rise again - stronger, more determined and bent on buying up Mickey Mouse and McDonald's to create a planetary...
Commencement was fast approaching, the Harvard Dramatic Club was desperately strapped for cash and Billings was producing the Shakespearean comedy to raise some much-needed revenue...
Most of the Goyas that we rightly regard as his masterpieces were not seen by the public in the artist's lifetime. The Goya we know today is a rounded, far-reaching, almost encyclopedic painter, truly Shakespearean in his range; but the Goya Spaniards knew was largely a portraitist, and that is one of the most pressing reasons for the present show...
Interpreting Macbeth and the role of witchcraft in the play are subjects that were highlighted in a lecture and discussion evented hosted by Hyperion this past Tuesday. The event featured Shakespearean scholar and Hyperion faculty advisor Marjorie Garber, American Repertory Theatre Dramaturg and Associate Artistic Director Gideon Lester, as well as Cozzens...
Stage directions are not usually considered the most integral part of a Shakespearean masterpiece. However, there is one stage direction, arguably the most famous in all his work, that is branded on the memories of all who have come across it. Act III, Scene iii of A Winter’s Tale, describes Antigonus’ departure as “Exit, pursued by a bear.” The Adams House Drama Society’s production of the play manages an exit and a roar, yet fails to conjure up a bear. The absent ursine, though...