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Actors Erik Amblad '99, Will Burke '99, Adam "Waka"Green...
Speed is the principle pleasure of The Compleat Works of Wllm. Shkspre. (Abridged), showing through August 8 at the Hasty Pudding Theatre. From the beginning, the play's trio of actors (Erik Amblad, Will Burke and Adam "Waka" Green) plainly state their mission--to present all of Shakespeare's plays--and take off like horses from a starting gate. They begin with a comparably lengthy rendition of Romeo and Juliet, continue with truncated versions of the Tragedies, and, with time running short, condense the Comedies into a skit in double time, and further distill the Histories into a few symbolic...
...three characters that emerge between play-episodes are just as humorous, if also as two-dimensional, as cartoon characters. The players call each other by their real names--Erik, Will and Waka ("real" is relative on and off the stage)--and portray Shakespearean actors in the same way that Bugs Bunny portrays a rabbit: They play caricatures, not characters. The "actors" are shy, ironic, angst-ridden, occasionally obnoxious and grossly human. Their closest Shakespearean analogues are the Rude Mechanics in A Midsummer Night's Dream...
Pictured at right, pirate-garbed Will Burke '99 plays Hamlet; a quintessentially demure Adam "Waka" Green easily slips into the role of Juliet; and Erik Amblad '98-'99 (bowled over by the force of so many numeral hanging from the back of his name, no doubt) wears a tidy red cape...
...Winthrop's miniature version of Springfest, and Debauchery night, when people have been known to run through the House dining room sans clothing. Look for House Master Paul D. Hanson in the dining hall during the day--he enjoys taking his meals among students. And don't miss the Waka Commons, a House grill without the grill (destroyed by fire last year), named after House resident Adam D. "Waka" Green...