Word: characterizations
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One of the oft-cited wonders of Shakespeare's plays is their remarkable ability to transcend time and location, granting directors the privilege of transposing medieval Denmark to modern New York or ancient Athens to the foothills of 19th-century Italy. The privilege, however, can be abused. When the decision...
Directed by Josh Edelman '01, Twelfth Night offers character misreading so severe that they must be intentional; while an interesting concept, it is unfortunate that Shakespeare's play offers virtually no support for the interpretations presented on stage. The most blatant example arises in the portrayal of Malvolio, Lady Olivia...
"I'm like the character in the movie," he said.
Kellerman's own script, Three Men One Woman, is named for the identical cast breakdown of the five short plays that compose the work. Though his previous productions have been admired for their haunting realism and nuanced portrayals of human weakness and emotion, 3M1W features a group of characters that...
KV: Of course! That is what Mother Night is about. The main character keeps saying, while he describes his actions, "That is not really me." So many Germans said the exact same things after WWII and the Holocaust. "That wasn't me."