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Article: Vending-machine Hamlet; Flush from such past successes as 'Macbeth,' Tiny Ninja Theater returns with Shakespeare's tragic antihero.(FEATURES)(ARTS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 5, 2004
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Byline: Kim Campbell Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- When you enter the theatrical world created by Dov Weinstein, you have to be ready to accept a few things:
* That a jewelry box can be a house.
* That a glass of water can be a brook.
* That an inch-high plastic ninja can play Hamlet.
Shakespeare probably didn't have a toy in mind for the title role when he penned his vengeful tale. But that was before a frustrated, 20-something actor decided it was time someone performed classical theater with a cast that can fit in a suitcase.
Tiny Ninja Theater - now an international touring company - is ...