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Article: Laurels rest uneasily on 'Julius Caesar' at TSS
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- Sunday News Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- March 30, 2003
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I'm afraid I agree with Marc Antony, who said: "I come to bury
Caesar, not to praise him."
OK, not bury exactly. But be forewarned. The new Theatre of the
Seventh Sister production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" runs three
hours, plus two intermissions.
The 13-member cast plays 39 roles with minimal costume alteration
to indicate that a player is now somebody else, and cast members
introduce themselves at the beginning in a bewilderment of names.
For instance, there's Flavius, Metellus Cimber, a plebian and
Volumnius, all played by Jan Diehl.
There's very little characterization to delineate the players in
Act I, which is filled with talky plotting and political discussions
that last for ...