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Category Archives: Theater
EMMA RICE’S LAST SHAKESPEARE PLAY AT THE GLOBE.
EMMA RICE’S LAST SHAKESPEARE PLAY AT THE GLOBE. I posted a number of times last year about how Emma Rice, who had been appointed to be artistic director of the Globe Shakespeare Theatre, had said in interviews that Shakespeare makes … Continue reading
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EQUUS—CHANGES IN WHAT IS SHOCKING IN THE THEATER.
EQUUS—CHANGES IN WHAT IS SHOCKING IN THE THEATER. I posted here about my mother’s reaction to the play Equus, which she saw in 1973. It’s a play about a psychiatrist treating a troubled young man who has been mutilating horses. … Continue reading
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THE KINDS OF RELATIVES THE ACTORS CAN PORTRAY.
THE KINDS OF RELATIVES THE ACTORS CAN PORTRAY. The rental service has provided a range of actors. When a wife has been caught cheating, her husband may want to confront the wife’s lover. The service will provide the lover, usually … Continue reading
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AN ACTOR PREPARES TO BE A RELATIVE—-THE ORDER FORM GOVERNS.
AN ACTOR PREPARES TO BE A RELATIVE—THE ORDER FORM GOVERNS. How did the actor decide what kind of father to be to the 12 year old girl. There is a detailed order form in which the client can select a … Continue reading
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HIRING AN ACTOR TO BE YOUR CHILD’S PARENT.
HIRING AN ACTOR TO BE YOUR CHILD’S PARENT. I tend to trust internet stories more than I should, but Roc Morin had a story in the Atlantic (November 7) that I find hard to believe.The story is about a Japanese … Continue reading
TURNING Ph.D DISSERTATIONS OF PEOPLE I KNOW INTO DANCES.
TURNING Ph.D DISSERTATIONS OF PEOPLE I KNOW INTO DANCES. I have a number of friends and relatives with Ph.D’s, and I wonder what dances they would make out of their dissertations. Of course, the competitions apparently have come into existence … Continue reading
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TURNING A Ph.D THESIS INTO A DANCE.
TURNING A Ph.D THESIS INTO A DANCE. Melissa Korr had an article in the Wall Street Journal (November 13) about an annual competition for dance performances of Ph.D theses. Here is a YouTube video of an aerial dance for a … Continue reading
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VICTOR HUGO AT THE BARRICADES (SPOILER ALERT).
VICTOR HUGO AT THE BARRICADES (SPOILER ALERT). Les Miserables is a great musical. Several of the great scenes take place at a barricade that some students have erected in the uprising of 1832. The musical and Hugo’s book are sympathetic … Continue reading
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ACTORS INTONING.
ACTORS INTONING.. I posted here about how Mary Jane and I each liked Mel Gibson’s performance as Hamlet because he avoided the “intoning” of Shakespeare’s lines that we each associate with John Gielgud—a style which always seemed to be focused … Continue reading
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HOW TRUMP PLAYED “THE HEEL”.
HOW TRUMP PLAYED “THE HEEL”. Reeves quotes the wikipedia entry which describes the “heel” role: “…heels are often portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner by breaking rules… Others… exhibit unlikeable, appalling and deliberately offensive and demoralizing personality traits such … Continue reading
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