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3/24/03

SLU TO PRESENT COMEDIC PLAY 'FORTINBRAS'

CANTON - Described as "taking up where Shakespeare's Hamlet left 
off," the comedy Fortinbras, by Lee Blessing, will be performed 
at St. Lawrence University Wednesday through Saturday, April 2 
through 5, at 8 p.m. in Gulick Theatre. Performances are open 
to the public, free of charge.
	Chosen by Time Magazine as one of the year's 10 best 
plays when it premiered in 1991, Fortinbras has been called a 
"metaphysical farce" by playwright Blessing. Written in the 
spirit of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, the play 
creates a comic re-visioning of a minor character in Shakespeare's 
classic, a character referred to as his probable heir by 
Hamlet himself but who, in fact, is often cut from productions 
of Hamlet altogether. Blessing's young Fortinbras is a modern 
man of action who encounters an unbelievable situation (the 
murders in Elsinore and his sudden elevation to king), an army 
out of control, seductive and otherwise troublesome ghosts, 
and other incredible challenges as he tries to rule his new 
kingdom and to create a new "truth" about the story of Prince 
Hamlet.  
	The production is directed by Associate Professor of 
Speech and Theatre Rebecca Daniels. Other production personnel 
include guest artist Molly Eness, scenic design; guest artist 
Linda Kelley-Dodd, costume design; John Larrance, lighting 
design/scenic production; Scott Laurin, sound design; Paul 
Talaga, special effects; guest artist Jim Robinson, fight 
choreography; and Anne Harrigan, stage manager.

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