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...brilliant performances of the ensemble cast that ultimately makes this show such a complete and unique success. Lorenzo Moreno '00, as the "wise fool" Touchstone, handles the rapid-fire patter and the physical burlesque of the Renaissance clown with an ease, energy and good humor that's little short of astonishing. In the great Shakespearean tradition, Erik Amblad '98 dashes in and out of three different roles and is scenestealingly hilarious in the tiny part of the bumpkin rustic, Corin. Chuck O'Toole '97 plays Orlando's usurping elder brother Oliver as a marvelously villainous fop in the first...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, | Title: The Bard Transmogrified Shines | 3/13/1997 | See Source »

...commend John for his courage for being at a university overly frightened by something as dramatic as this," Hancock said. "I don't think any institution of organization is being very wise to oppose the serious investigation of this phenomenon...

Author: By Maia K. Davis, | Title: Aliens Subject of Mack Talk | 3/8/1997 | See Source »

Harvard students likewise are abandoning the traditional fields populated by generations past--law, business, medicine, banking--in order to set up shop as experts not in any particular field, but as wise souls able with the slightest effort to raise profit margins. In some respects, one can't blame students, who are often laden with debt, for taking high-paying positions with anyone. And it's not that consultants are killing women and children. Rather the problem with consulting is just that it's so, well, unnecessary...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: CRIMSON MERCENARIES | 3/1/1997 | See Source »

Reading Odysseus' lines, Robards drew upon a lower register, often dipping into gravely tones, giving a particularly strong impression of wise, weathered worldliness. Walker, facing several roles (including Penelope), inhabited each one by seeming to occupy a space beyond the table and chair that served for the reading...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: A Fitting Toast to the Teller of Tales | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

...until Mrs. Trotsky (Elena Schneider '99) points it out. Although "Variations on the Death of Trotsky" isn't as witty or keenly observant as "Sure Thing," it's hard to resist lines like "maybe he was just hot-to-Trotsky." Driscoll was appropriately ridiculous and Schneider hilarious as the wise-cracking wife...

Author: By Erwin R. Rosinberg, | Title: Fast-Paced Production of Ives Play Almost a Sure Thing | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

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