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...smelling salts! The Crimson has bumbled yet again, this time making little 'ole me crimson both in rage and embarrassment: In the May 19th issue, Mr. Stephen Frank wrote a story whose eye-catching headline proclaimed: "HDS Food Safety is Questioned: Cook Died of AIDS." This tabloid-like text reeks of the spirit of the illustrious Mr. Hearst who, as we all know, had a particular penchant for yellow--journalism, that...
...enough to underscore how far short she is of perfection. Most of her readings -- of notable soliloquies and a few scenes in which she plays multiple parts -- are earnest, better when quiet than when kinetic (no matter whom she plays, her posture and gestures look the same). The personal text is better acted, if sometimes too cute. Her impersonations range from dead-on (Maggie Smith) to unrecognizable (Olivier). There are two telling exceptions: she is stunning as both Cordelia and Hamlet, speaking of their fathers, one remote, one dead. Here art unmistakably resonates with life...
...Koresh's final writings, the text of which has obtained, the cult leader spoke in a ranting voice...
Stoppard, intrigued by these passive, undifferentiated non-characters, tries to reconstruct the drama of Hamlet from their point of view. He intersperses his own imagined dialogue with the actual text of Shakespeare's play, to create a fascinating new perspective on Hamlet, drama, the human condition and flipping coins...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern threatens to bore the audience with its endless wordplay and inaction. The text's witty repartee requires a quick, fluent and spotlessly clear delivery, or else all the jokes and ideas lose their impact and their meaning...