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Anne Hathaway in Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Twelfth Night’ June 10 - July 12
Aloysius J. Gleek:
And one of my favorite plays!
(Also posted in Chez Tremblay's 'Anne Anne Anne' thread) http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,22197.msg477052.html#msg477052
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/anne-hathaway-to-star-in-shakespeare-in-the-parks-twelfth-night/?ref=theater?8dpc
February 12, 2009, 11:22 am
Anne Hathaway to Star in Shakespeare in the Park’s
‘Twelfth Night’
By Dave Itzkoff
This Anne Hathaway — not the one who was married to the playwright — will star in Shakespeare in the Park’s production of
“Twelfth Night.”
She’s not the first Anne Hathaway linked to Shakespeare — when you last saw this one in Central Park she was most likely racing to complete an errand for the tyrannical Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada.” But this summer, you’ll be able to see Ms. Hathaway in the Shakespeare in the Park production of “Twelfth Night,” in which she will play Viola, the Public Theater said in a news release. The play, directed by Daniel Sullivan, will run from June 9 through July 12 at the Delacorte Theater. The season’s second production will be Euripides’ “The Bacchae,” directed by JoAnne Akalaitis and featuring music by Philip Glass.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Also posted at Anne Anne Anne (Chez Treamblay):
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,22197.msg478292.html#msg478292
http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/126/219/
Shakespeare in the Park
TWELFTH NIGHT
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by DANIEL SULLIVAN
JUNE 9 - JULY 12
With ANNE HATHAWAY
This summer kicks off with a powerhouse production of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. The Public welcomes Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway as she makes her Public Theater debut playing Viola, one of the canon’s most charming heroines. This beguiling comedy follows the romantic adventures of Viola and her identical twin Sebastian, both shipwrecked in the enchanted dukedom of Illyria. At the helm of this time-honored story of cross-dressing and mistaken identity, all in the name of love, is Tony Award winning Director Daniel Sullivan.
Brown Eyes:
Thanks so much for alerting us to this wonderful event John! I linked the opening date to the BetterMost calendar. It wouldn't let me link the full run to the calendar (too many days).
I'm very much hoping to be able to come see one of Anne's performances!
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Forty Years Ago--40!!!
I was there.
Shakespeare Returns Home to the Park
Twelfth Night Offered At Delacorte Theater
Version by Papp Set at Turn of 20th Century
by Lewis Funke
The New York Times - August 14, 1969
Twelfth Night, the Shakespeare play. Staged by Joseph Papp;
setting by Douglas W. Schmidt; lighting by Martin Aronstein;
Costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge; songs and music by Galt MacDermot;
swordplay by Albert Quinton; artistic director Gerald Freeman;
production stage manager Michael Chambers. presented by the New
York Shakespeare Festival, by Joseph Papp; associate producer
Bernard Gersten. At the Delacorte Theater, Central Park,
West 81st Street.
Orsino.............................................................................Ralph Waite
Curio..........................................................................Philip C. Harris
Valentino.....................................................................Stephen Collins
Viola............................................................................Barbara Barrie
Sea Captain..................................................................Albert Quinton
Sir Toby Belch...............................................................Stephen Elliot
Maria..........................................................................Jennifer Darling
Sir Andrew Aguecheek...................................................Tom Aldredge
Feste..........................................................................Charles Durning
Olivia...................................................................Shasha von Scherler
Malvolio........................................................................Robert Ronan
Antonio........................................... .............................Albert Stratton
Sebastian..........................................................................Peter Simon
First Officer..............................................................Sam Tsoutsouvas
Second Officer..............................................................Paul McHenry
Priest...........................................................................Albert Quinton
Servants...................................................Bruce Cobb, Kevin Gardiner
Honor Guard...............Thomas Crawley, James De Marse, Patrick Shea
Musicians................Leonard Handler, John McCleod, Stephen Wilensky
Shakespeare got back into the New York Shakespeare Festival the other night. Sidelines while Ibsen was holding the Delacorte Theater's stage earlier this summer, the Bard got back into a revival of his "Twelfth Night" officially unveiled on Tuesday.
To say that all's well in Illyria - Illyria, Central Park, U.S.A,, may be risky. At this moment irate purists may be meeting in secret rendezvous, plotting action, perhaps even a demonstration in Sheep Meadow, against the traducers of tradition. Whatever course they take, though, will be to no avail. The odds are likely to be overwhelmingly against them judging by the appreciative and amused audience of which I was a member. Though Joseph Papp, the founder and director of the festival, has taken liberties in his staging of one of Shakespeare's loveliest plays, they are not offenses against the text.
What liberties has he taken? For one, instead of setting Illyria in the period of the early 17th century, which is when the play first was produced and is traditional, he has moved it to the turn of the present century Illyria. The purists would have a point there.
Of the production as a whole they might contend that they missed the beauty of the poetry. Mr. Papp has not stressed the poetic passages. Instead, he's had his players portray their roles in naturalistic vein and speak their lines accordingly. There is a definite conversational quality in this procedure and above all there is an emphasis on clarity of diction that allows an audience to understand virtually every word. Almost for this alone, there would have to be praise - there are some lovely words in "Twelfth Night".
Stressing diction seems to be in line, too, with Papp's rather deliberate pace for the play. He seems to see it in terms of Checkovian pastels and finds its meaning for contemporary audiences in the fact that the pains and anguish suffered by those in "Twelfth Night" results from the concealment of true feelings. Honesty, he thinks, is the essential policy in human relationships.
I caught glimpses of Mr. Papp's intentions through the performance. But no matter. "Twelfth Night" remains as cheerful an evening as it must have been back in 1602 when the barristers and benches saw it in Middle Temple Hall. And Mr. Papp has cast if effectively.
Barbara Barrie, a festival veteran, is a winning Viola. Impersonating Cesario, following her being shipwrecked off the Ilyrian coast, and serving as the courier from Orsino to the grieving Olivia, she is pert, sweet and winsome. There is no question about the purity and beauty of Viola as Miss Barrie plays her, and she's most amusing as she participates in naval drills under the Duke's officers. She is equally comic when confronted with the challenge to duel with Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
Both Stephen Elliot as Sir Toby Belch and Tom Aldredge as Sir Andrew make a fine comic team, more than willing to indulge in the occasional slapstick that Mr. Papp enjoys wielding in these productions. Charles Durning's Feste is warm and pleasing and Robert Ronan is an adroit Malvolio, that self-loving, officious, prissy steward who is tricked into thinking Olivia is in love with him.
Maria, the trickster, is played with contagious gusto by Jennifer Darling. Sasha von Scherler is attractive as Olivia and Ralph Waite gives Orsino the correct mood of the foolish fellow pining over an unrequited love.
"Twelfth Night" will be at the Delacorte through Aug. 30 (no performances are scheduled for the 18th and 25th). It makes Central Park especially attractive these summer nights.
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Aloysius J. Gleek:
The Delacorte Theater
Central Park
New York
Shakespeare in the Park
TWELFTH NIGHT
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by DANIEL SULLIVAN
JUNE 10 - JULY 12
With ANNE HATHAWAY
And Charles Borland, Michael Cumpsty, Clifton Duncan, Raúl Esparza, Herb Foster, Leslie Harrison, Slate Holmgren, Kevin Kelly, David Kenner, Hamish Linklater, Dorien Makhloghi, Audra McDonald, David Pittu, Ray Rizzo, Jay O. Sanders, Julie Sharbutt, Stark Sands, Baylen Thomas, Zach Villa, Jon Patrick Walker, Julie White
Scenic Design: JOHN LEE BEATTY
Costume Design: JANE GREENWOOD
Lighting Design: PETER KACZOROWSKI
Sound Design: ACME SOUND PARTNERS
Composer: HEM
Wig Design: TOM WATSON
Fight Director: RICK SORDELET
Choreographer: MIMI LIEBER
Shakespeare in the Park
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