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...Compleat Works of Wllm. Shkspr. (Abridged...
Speed is the principle pleasure of The Compleat Works of Wllm. Shkspre. (Abridged), showing through August 8th 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...
Critics of other productions of The Compleat Works who have deemed the play "corny" were probably put off by the silly antics that fill time between the genuinely comical play-episodes. It is a great credit to Amblad, Burke and Green that their characters come off as outrageously as they do. They turn what might have been embarrassingly earnest characters into authentic figures of slapstick. Like a good cartoon, The Compleat Works is clever and accessible on many levels (think "Animaniacs...
Shakespeare himself, who perfected the double entendre, would have appreciated the sight gags and lowbrow humor that comprise so much of this play. Traditional gags and constant physical comedy alone make this play funny, but rich word-play quickens and deepens the humor. The writers who created The Compleat Works are clearly Shakespearean scholars. "That which we call a nose, by any other name, would still smell," philosophizes one actor in the ten-minute version of Romeo and Juliet at the play's inception. Allusions to contemporary pop culture not only demonstrate Shakespeare's relevance, but allow the audience...
...there's nothing easy about it. Jake Bernstein, author of The Compleat Day Trader, estimates that only 15% of those who take up day trading make much money at it. Many lose big because they don't have the discipline to sell immediately when a stock moves against them, or they leave a lot of money on the table by being too quick to capture profits when a stock starts to move their way. Often mistakes are a result of making overly large bets. "If you have too much at risk, you're prone to acting on emotion," Bernstein says...