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...Arden, some in voluntary, some in forced exile. The rustic life stands in sharp contrast to the luxury of the court; hardcore culture clash ensues. Against this background, Shakespeare relates three romances, at the level of nobility, attendants, and peasants, to indicate the essential kinship of all men. But Stratford's little boy doesn't paint a universally pleasant picture: some of Shakespeare's gloomiest assessments of humanity and its condition appear in As You Like It. This play gave us "All the world's a stage..." and "Blow, blow, thou winter wind,/ Thou art not so unkind...
Whatever the strengths of Timon, NAT is not remotely worthy of comparison with London's Royal National and Royal Shakespeare companies or Canada's Shaw and Stratford festivals. If Timon is a great leap forward, Randall's next vehicle, The Government Inspector, could be a big jump back. He plays the title role, a naif of 23 -- an age Randall reached half a century ago. The irrepressible farceur says with a mildly manic laugh, "I'd like to be acting every night of my life. That's why I formed this theater." His tone sobering, he adds, "In a noncommercial...
...inconceivable that the Barkerites will "win" the debate -- one might as well expect a huzzah for the superiority of Marlowe among the merry merchants who profit from bardolatry in Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon -- but the festival is already making the case. The highlight of its nine-play season is a spellbinding production of Granville Barker's The Marrying of Ann Leete, written in 1899 when the author was 22 and promptly dismissed as "a practical joke" by the Times of London. A century later, it feels startlingly fresh and new, its language conversational rather than expository, its events surprising...
...Shaw Festival has long operated in the shadow of its older rival in Stratford, Ontario, not least because an institution dedicated to Shaw sounds less prestigious than one devoted to Shakespeare. The best of this season's work, however, is competitive with that of any resident troupe in North America. For Shaw fans there is a splendid if deeply conventional Candida, staged by Newton and starring the estimable Seana McKenna, formerly a jewel of Stratford, plus a novel Saint Joan that turns her trial into a modern-day government inquiry cum media event. For popular tastes there are Blithe Spirit...
...From her Stratford-upon-Avon debut as Ophelia to her award-winning Blanche DuBois to her performance opposite Laurence Olivier in Brideshead Revisited, Bloom has exhibited incredible range on stage and screen. In her return to Shakespeare, Bloom treats familiar material with nostalgia and affection...