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...traveling salesman, thief, and rogue Autolycus (John Kuntz) also enters the play in the second half, appearing at the festival with a trench-coat full of pretty things (mostly womens’ accessories) to peddle. Though Kuntz played the irrepressibly irresponsible Autolycus with a little too much enthusiasm, he had a terrific sense of the play’s dramatic momentum, and his ability to influence the actors around him was impressive...
...Autolycus who makes the happy ending of “A Winter’s Tale” possible. Perdita is reunited with the penitent Leontes, whose reappearance on the stage is welcome and touching. And Florizel, who would not have been allowed to marry a lowly shepherd’s daughter, is thrilled to discover that his beloved is actually a princess. Here, as in so many other places in Shakespeare, nobility shines through any disguise...
Three first-years also cast seductive spells: Daniel A. Spitzer ’05 as Autolycus, the rural rogue, Alexander N. Kanter ’05 as the humorous Clown, and Matthew J. Corriel ’05, the composer of the show’s original instrumental music all turn in impressive work...
...joins Autolycus to eat Joxer--and loves every bite b) gets decapitated c) wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette d) wishes she'd wake up next to Suzanne Pleshette...
OTHER INTERPRETATIVE PROBLEMS also crop up, the heavy-handed treatment of sexuality, whether heterosexual or homosexual, at times insults the audience's sense of propriety Kevin Jennings as the foppish Autolycus is particularly confusing: appearing out of nowhere. Autolycus' frenzied gesticulations, night-clubbish singing of Shakespeare's brilliant poetry and sexual rapport with several characters seem unnecessary and purposeless...