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...most of them after he turned 75. He won an Oscar as the proper, patient butler in Arthur, but his great turns are in Alain Resnais' Providence, as a novelist with nightmares, and in Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books--where he not only played his favorite Shakespearean magician but spoke almost all the dialogue and appeared nude...
DIED. SIR JOHN GIELGUD, 96, towering Shakespearean actor; in Buckinghamshire, England. (See Appreciation, page...
...While a Shakespearean show set in such a different stage could have very easily been misleading, confusing and distracting, the clean acting, excellent technical direction, and the finer details left up to the director, Hostetler, cast this production into a field high above the rest. James Carmichael '01 returns to the stage in the beautifully interpreted role of Troilus. Although occassionally distracted by the moaning sex in the background or the raving pole dancers swinging from the pseudo-club stage, Carmichael's impeccable performance ensures that Shakespeare's true sentiment was not lost in the flashing lights and glow sticks...
...that's what your Harvard career will be all about--balancing Shakespearean sonnets and Sixteen Candles. Don't forget--Harvard is still college. You're here to have a good time, and you probably will...
...often the case with Boys' Shakespearean counterpart, the Dromio twins easily walk off with the show. Their long-suffering, high energy bawdiness clearly sets the pace for the rest of the production. Luce (i.e., Mrs. Dromio of Ephesus), played by Susan Long '02, shares two of the most enjoyable comic duets of the show, "What Can You Do with a Man?" and "He and She." Her earthy sexuality is a delightful contrast to her husband's submissive neurosis. As Tallevi pines for his lost "Big Brother" in Act Two, he establishes their finest moment, the Twins' Dance ballet...