The Village Voice, July 21st, 2004
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By William Shakespeare
Delacorte Theatre
Central Park at 8ist Street
212.539.8750
SHRIEKS OR LAUGHTER
Two kinds of Shakespeare acting slug it out, with the leads fighting on both sides at once
Anna Russell used to explain that there were two types of Spanish song, which she called Spanish Polite and Spanish Rude. On the same basis, I would maintain that there are only two types of Shakespearean acting, the Overwrought and the Sensible. This division has nothing to do with whether actors work rationally or emotionally, building from within, Method-style, or purely ...
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