Word: mercutio
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...pair of star crossed puppies, as they are in the Quincy House production, one may coo at their love scenes and pity them when they die, but they can inspire no greater emotion than puppies do. Life goes out of the play when its one full blooded character, Mercutio, dies, and we are left with what is at best a pretty little play, one that merely hints at tragedy...
...Mercutio, who bears the weight of the play upon his shoulders, is played by John Parker. He makes a valiant try, perhaps too valiant, for most of his energy seems undirected and wasted. And something must be done about his braying, villainous laugh. I know that rough edges are inevitable in a production cast almost entirely from one House but it is nonetheless a pity that one of them had to be Benvolio (Donald Scharfe). His announcement of Mercutio's death, one of the play's most poignant moments, he turns into a moment of near comedy. "Mercutio is dead...