Word: wu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wu does an excellent directing job, fully utilizing the small Quincy Cage space where the action unfolds. His use of the sides and back of the theater help clarify the confusions in the plot. For example, those scenes in which Julia watches the unsuspecting Proteus become more interesting, as well as more credible, because she is hidden from...
Limited by the extremely small stage, Wu decides to forego a set. However, the white curtain that serves as the backdrop for most of the play becomes boring. And the forest backdrop appears too infrequently to relieve the monotony...
Modern costumes and anachronistic gestures, such as the exchange of an elaborate high-five between the Duke and Sir Thurio, heighten the dialogue's clumsiness. Although these modern touches are cute, most of the staging and delivery of the lines is traditional. Wu's decision to combine classical and modern elements rather than focus on one type of interpretation makes the dialogue appear archaic...
This production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona makes an effort to cast Asian-American actors, and six of the ten performers in the play are Asian-Americans. In any event, the interpretation does not appear to be affected by the race of the players. Wu's decision may have been calculated simply to increase the number of minority actors...
...Gentlemen of Verona, edited by Wu to a manageable hour and one half, is saved by fine direction and an excellent cast. It is neither Shakespeare's best, funniest nor most profound play, and it is very predictable. But this production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona highlights those moments which are worth seeing...