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A 'Hamlet' Without the Prince
STRATFORD, Ct.--One of the siller statements about Shakespeare came from Chesterton, who said that "man have agreed about Hamlet vastly
A Mixed Bag at Stratford
STRATFORD, Ct.--The English have always been fascinated with the history of their own monarchy. Just as the ancient Greeks knew
More Than a Touch of Harry in the Night
STRATFORD, Conn.--A brand newqartistic director has taken the helm at the American Shakespeare Theatre (AST) this summer. He is Peter
The Bard
S TRATFORD, Conn.--Among Shakespeare's plays, Richard III ranks second only to Hamlet in the total number of lines, in the
Black String Musicians: Ascending the Scale
Most major practitioners of jazz have been, and continue to be, Black musicians. In the field of classical music, however,
Serving the Eye Better than the Ear
STRATFORD, Conn.--When the American Shakespeare Theatre opened here in 1955, it offered productions of Julius Caesar and The Tempest. Whether
A 20th-Century 'Julius Caesar'... ...an 18th-Century 'Twelfth Night'
STRATFORD, Conn.--Just about every one of us is vitally affected by politics and the powers attendant upon it. This was
Peers Without Peers and Dracula
In the long history of satirical tomfoolery and nonsensicality on the stage, two bodies of work constitute equal peaks: the
Worth Is Always Worth Seeing
T HE PLAY'S THE THING--or at least it ought to be. But there are times when a performer so transcends
Here and There A 'Twelfth Night'
Although it has had its strong detractors over the years, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is for many the finest comedy in
Kern's 'Sweet Adeline' in Bright Revival
T HERE ARE those of us mainly interested in where we are, and others in where we are going. But
'As You Like It' in a Forest Without Green
STRATFORD, Conn.--To be fair. I had best start with a confession: As You Like It is not a play I
'The Crucible'--Witch-Hunts Then and Now
STRATFORD, Conn.--There is considerable logic in the American Shakespeare Theatre's decision this summer to fevive Artnur Miller's play about the
'Winter's Tale' Has Superb Leontes at Last
STRATFORD, Conn.--It is hardly news these days that cultural institutions such as symphony orchestras, opera and theatre companies, and art
Leontes Damages The Winter's Tale'
STRATFORD, Conn--For a long time I have been struck by the remarkable parallel between Shakespeare and Beethoven at the end
