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Five Finger Exercises at Berkeley Rep(0)
Anybody who’s ever had - or been - a kid can probably remember those mix-and-match picture books with pages split three ways: a set of miscellaneous heads, assorted midriffs and a selection of feet or tails. The joy of it…
Ashland’s Macbeth: Positive Thinker
If you’ve only ever seen plummy Brit-accented versions of Shakespeare, wait until you hear the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Robin Goodrin Nordli drawl “… by the all-hail hereafter!/ …transported beyond/ This ignorant present, … I feel now/ The future in the…
In Ashland, ‘Henry VIII’ = Wally I
Euro-trash academics can equivocate all they please, but we Americans have long known what to make of England’s king Henry VIII: a debauchee and serial wife-killer. So it may come as a surprise to see a considerably cuddlier Henry portrayed on Ashland’s…
Mad Cow vs. Sacred Cow
The rural hamlet of Chikka Arasinakere in the South Indian state of Karnataka is run by an ox named Basava. Not exactly landlord or mayor; more like an oracle. All major decisions, public or private, are put to Basava and…