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When: Fridays-Sundays. Continues through Feb. 15 2009
Phone: 773-598-4549
Price: $10-$20
Phone: 773-598-4549
Price: $10-$20
Guy Roberts, founder and artistic director of the Prague Shakespeare Festival, plays all the characters in his own 90-minute adaptation of the tragedy in which, as lyricist Howard Dietz once put it, "a ghost and a prince meet/And everyone ends in mincemeat." Roberts's characterizations vary from a strong, self-assured Claudius to a whiny, weak-willed Horatio and a Gertrude indistinguishable from Ophelia. As Hamlet, he captures the gloomy Dane's self-dramatizing tendencies, but little of his anguish. More problematic, though, is Roberts's staging, which either zips through the most dramatically interesting scenes--including the climax--or excises them altogether. Ultimately, the show amounts to an impressive recital of the play rather than an embodiment of it. --Zac Thompson
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
- Wicker Park/Bucktown 1919 N. Milwaukee
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773-598-4549
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Fantastic! Go to see this show, if for nothing else, to see Guy Roberts accomplish what seems like the impossible task of staging it, but get the added bonus of actually understanding the text like you never have before, coupled with a wonderful performance.
Posted by sommeraustin
on February 9, 2009 at 4:00 PM
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