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This afternoon I saw a performance of Christopher Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage, at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The play was directed by Neil Bartlett. It tells the familiar story of Dido and Aeneas told by Vergil in the Aeneid, also well known from Purcell's opera. In Marlowe's play, gods and goddesses--Jupiter, Juno, Venus, Mercury, and Cupid--are among the characters. John Kelly as Cupid is assigned a special prominence in this production. He engineers many of the events and is often on stage as a witness. He moves like a dancer and often appears in little more than a loincloth. He also sings two songs in a countertenor voice. Like Shakespeare, Marlowe mixed both the serious and the comic in his drama. Both aspects were well done in this production. Diane D'Aquila (Dido) has a voice that it is a pleasure to hear, and she delivered her lines very well, in the manner of a Shakepsearean actress. Colin Lane as Aeneas was also quite good, especially in his speech recounting the horrors of the fall of Troy. The gods provided some of the humor, especially Saundra McClain as Venus and Thomas Derrah in drag as Juno. I enjoyed the performance more than I thought I might have. The performance lasted two hours and ten minutes without intermission. I would have preferred it with an intermission.
March 14, 2005 Nick Dussault wrote for the Boston Metro that "the American Repertory Theatre has set a new standard of excellence with their brilliantly acted, impeccably directed production of Christopher Marlowe's 'Dido, Queen of Carthage.' "Director Neil Bartlett has assembled a stellar ensemble who rely almost completely on the words of the 16th-century playwright to tell the tale of the queen who, despite a history of strong and dignified leadership, becomes completely unraveled once Cupid (John Kelly) meddles with affairs of her heart."
March 11, 2005
The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.), of
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, under the
This exceptional Vulkan athletic supporter is imported from Great Britain. It offers VERY comfortable support for any sport with a very soft, stretchy cotton pouch that can also accommodate a hard cup. Elastic straps run along the inside of the double support pouch, then attach to the legstraps at the bottom of the pouch. Updated page: Athletic supporters March 10, 2005 I got a pamphlet in the mail from Harvard University that lists alumni who have included Harvard in their estate plans. It seems tacky to me to publicize the charitable provisions of one's will while one is alive. March 8, 2005
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March 3, 2005
Three young guys go into the Oregon woods, and lots of things go wrong, in Without a Paddle, a movie that was released in theatres on August 20, 2004. Burt Reynolds plays a crazy old mountain man. The movie was released on DVD in January 2005.
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