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This Horatio has perspective and experience to use in advising his friend from the university. You've seen Durán's Horatio in the cafes around Harvard, Berkeley, and Wittenberg. Director Rauch has given his Horatio gray hair and an identity as older man, an aging student who couldn't leave the campus. I've never seen a Horatio (Armando Durán) have a plausible reason for possessing any wisdom which Hamlet would listen to. This normal Ophelia is affected by the actions seen by the audience. Too often Ophelia appears on stage wandering through blank verse until her closeup moments with the kitchen spices. Not here. Flood's character doesn't start off wispy and vague. Someone a prince might genuinely find interesting.

A daughter who is playful and bright in the early scenes. I've never seen an Ophelia (Susannah Flood) who existed in her own right. Instead, Elmore's performance was truly rich, not gaudy.

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Elmore unleashed the torrent of florid words in the script without creating meaningless prattle, the prattle which usually drowns believability and creates an 'Old Fool' avatar to amuse the audience in comic relief. I've never seen a Polonius (Richard Elmore) less cartoonish or more real-world dad-like. Hamlet's real victim, according to King, is Claudius whose world falls apart during the evening. He's no one-dimensional evil schemer. As King said in an discussion, Claudius starts off the play at the top of the world. He's truly happy having fulfilled his twisted desires for his brother's crown and wife. I've never seen Hamlet's uncle, Claudius (Jeffrey King), played with so much nuance. More of a reflective man than an icon of dithering youth.Īt the conclusion of the short-feeling 3 1/4-hour play, when Hamlet resurrects himself for the deservedly wild standing ovation, you almost feel sorry for the other cast members who were bit players on the fringe of Donohue's spotlight.

This Hamlet is not a callow 20-something who wound up at school, but a deferred student with some life behind him.

The plot, the motives, the night, the story, the tragedy are all clear and all his. This Hamlet is at the knowing center of all action and activity.

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In some productions, Hamlet shows up on stage as a wandering soul with a mouth full of pretty words. At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Hamletĭan Donohue's Hamlet is so strong, so conversational, so underplayed, so accessible that every moment of the play belongs to him.