Word: timoner
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...notice anything unusual about the Agassiz stage this weekend, it could be ladders running from the stage to the balcony, a giant projection screen/backdrop, the presence of a new wall or the 600 lb. doric column lovingly known to the cast and crew of Timon of Athens...
...When Timon strikes after its final performance on Saturday, "X" will be reduced to a sizable pile of sawdust, but the memory of its mathematical glory will live...
...Timon of Athens...
Historical evidence suggests that this tragedy was not performed in Shakespeare's lifetime and that it may be unfinished. The play is short on action but saturated with emotion; Timon's flaw is his goodness and naivet; he is betrayed and ruined by his friends. The script has been cut significantly-from more than 50 characters to 10, and so you won't have to worry about being locked in for a four-hour tragedy. Timon in this production is being played by a woman, Julie Rattey, not to make any specific feminist point but because she's good...
...Fortunately, a flip through the most recent Common Casting booklet shows that the Harvard theater community is still far from becoming as stringent or complacent as this article may make it sound. From two productions of lesser-known Shakespeare plays--Timon of Athens and Cymbeline--to a four-person Taming of the Shrew to a multimedia Agamemnon, there's still a fair amount of unusual work going up this semester...