more of Act III, scene i Shakespeare’s “King Henry IV, Part 1″ performed by the The English Shakespeare Company Hotspur – Andrew Jarvis Edmund Mortimer – Stephen Jameson Owen Glendower – Sion Probert Earl of Worcester – Philip Bowen Lady Percy – Ann Penfold Director Michael Bogdanov Arthur C. Sprague writes: In an earlier chapter, I suggested that a producer of “Richard II” might be judged, in the first instance, by what he did with the Gardeners Scene. The Welsh Scene in “1 Henry IV” is, perhaps, even more exacting. This was long neglected…it had wholly disappeared from the stage by the end of the 18th centrury… In performance, the clash of temperments between Hotspur and Glendower is easy to enjoy. Glendower. I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur. Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? The sole danger is exaggeration. For the portentousness of the Welshmans’s manner need not in itself be ridiculous…Irony is present, besides humour, in the quarrelling of these rash men over the division of a country not yet theirs. We should be made to feel, indeed, that they are doomed; that this is a final parting they are taking with their wives, its pathos only half concealed beneath the cheerful banter which Hotspur keeps up with Lady Percy. Nor does the variety of the scene end even here. Mortimer, as he speaks of ditties highly penn’d Sung by a fair queen in a summer’s bower, With ravishing division, to her lute and …
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Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick-Ass) stars as Abby, a mysterious 12-year old girl, who moves next door to Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road). Owen is a social outcast who is viciously bullied at school and in his loneliness, forms a profound bond with his new neighbor. Owen can’t help noticing that Abby is like no one he has ever met before. As a string of grisly murders occupy the town, Owen has to confront the reality that this seemingly innocent girl is really a savage vampire. Let Me In, a haunting and provocative thriller written and directed by filmmaker Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) and produced by legendary British horror brand Hammer Films, is based on the best-selling Swedish novel Lat den Ratte Komma (Let The Right One In) by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and the highly-acclaimed film of the same name. The film’s score is by Oscar®, Emmy® and Grammy®-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Up, “Lost”).
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