Word: elizabethan
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About twenty students entered the contest with speeches ranging from Cato to Medieval Latin to Elizabethan drama to twentieth century English poetry and prose. Approximately half a dozen entries were in Latin, according to Engell. "There was quite a wide variety in all," Engell says...
...Anouilh's script can certainly support a minimalist production, this one struggles to establish any sense of atmosphere. It is difficult to forget that one is in the middle of Adams House. The costuming is confusing: most costumes are appropriately spare, but they range incongruously from a generic pink Elizabethan dress for Harrington to the fashionable ensemble of v-neck t-shirt, flat-front chinos, black leather loafers and silver watchtopped tastefully by a simple red shawlfor Abu-Ayyash...
...still occasionally noodle around playing Elizabethan ballads on my soprano recorder. But I do this in private because the recorder hasn't really been a "party" instrument since about 1685 - hence my renewed interest in the piano. Just as every sociable grownup should be able to cook at least one tried-and-true meal, shouldn't she be able to play at least one song from memory, just in case she bumps into a baby grand...
...still occasionally noodle around playing Elizabethan ballads on my soprano recorder. But I do this in private because the recorder hasn't really been a "party" instrument since about 1685--hence my renewed interest in the piano. Just as every sociable grownup should be able to cook at least one tried-and-true meal, shouldn't she be able to play at least one song from memory, just in case she bumps into a baby grand...
...weak and weepy interpretation of Hamlet was poor, there was a general admiration of the quality of the production in general. Thanks to Rylance, London theater elites seemed to heave a collective sigh of relief at the realization that the fledgling Globe will not simply become an Elizabethan Disneyland attraction but will be the site of serious, star-studded productions. - David Kornhaber...