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...ordinary moviegoer, Richard II and Richard III might be obscure sequels to Oliver Stone's Nixon biopic. But theater lovers know them as showcases for definitive roles--the stunted man of thought, the malefic man of action--played by Ian McKellen, the prime Shakespearean actor of our time. Now, with leading roles in two ambitious thrillers, Sir Ian, 59, must face the inconvenience of movie stardom. In Gods and Monsters, he is James Whale, the director of Frankenstein, who in his last days seeks a young man to ease his roiling soul. In the Stephen King tale Apt Pupil...
Blake A. Gleason: A Shakespearean Sonnet...
...Shakespearean purist--like our hypothetical unconscious friend--would have been disappointed in this Pericles, both for its irreverent reinterpretation and for the flaws in its dramatic presentation. But a less stuffy spectator, if slightly baffled by the storyline, would nonetheless find himself laughing for much of the play's two-and-a-half-hour duration. And the transformation of the structurally iffy Pericles into a worthwhile evening's entertainment is, after all, something of an accomplishment. If the play has been changed along the way from a series of adventures into a series of comedy sketches--well, maybe that...
LONDON--Students flock to Harvard from all corners of the world, and the United Kingdom (U.K.) is no exception. But, in the home of royal pomp and Shakespearean masterpieces, the traditions of Oxford and Cambridge rival the lure of Harvard...
Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra has frequently been called a "problem play." The characters do not fit into familiar Shakespearean molds, and the play itself refuses to be classified as a simple history, tragedy or romance. An excellent cast under the masterful direction of Timothy Foley '98 has capitalized on Antony and Cleopatra's uniqueness, foregone Shakespearean stereotypes and assimilated a production that is not at all problematic...