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; k o C o & T & C o & @ mecc 2 & spear z Th ‘UW drama department stages As You Like It "Last year I did A Midâ€" summer Night‘s Dream and the year before that 1 did Twelfth Night," the director explained. "As You Like It is a play I‘d never done before but when I started reading it, I became really taken by it. I liked it also because it was the last of the three The University of Waterâ€" loo‘s drama department is pleased to welcome comâ€" munity members to a proâ€" duction of William Shakeâ€" speare‘s As You Like It, which begins its fourâ€"day run tonight at the Humaniâ€" ties Theatre. Featuring a cast of stuâ€" dents, this adaptation of Shakespeare‘s play has fallâ€" en under the esteemed direction of UW drama Prof. Joel Greenberg, who believes that staging As You Like It in 2003 is the result of some inadvertent good fortune. he city of Waterloo is I about to discover that Stratford isn‘t the only mecca for all things Shakeâ€" spearean in Ontario. By VisH KHanna For The Chronicle great romance comedies. It wasn‘t a plan to do them in three consecutive years but that‘s how it worked out, so I just thought it was a really nice way to complete the cycle." It‘s also a testament to the continuing popularity of William Shakespeare‘s work that production comâ€" panies feel confident stagâ€" ing his work so consistentâ€" "I always find it interestâ€" ing that no matter what we do, whether it‘s a comedy or a musical, Shakespeare is always the most popular thing we can do at the box office," Greenberg said. "It sells the most tickets and is ly. know if you should be laughâ€" ing or not." "There‘s a lot of conflicting emoâ€" tions and someâ€" times you don‘t ARTS FOCUS While some members of Greenberg‘s cast admit that the play may prove difficult for some audience memâ€" bers to understand, they also insist that willing patrons will be able to gomprehend the action if they stick with it. one of the things that attracted me to work here. It says a lot about the stuâ€" dent body here as well." Among Shakespeare‘s lesser known works, it‘s fair to state that As You Like It lacks the character recogniâ€" tion of plays such as Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet. "It‘s a funny balance between the comedy and the sad stories within it as well. There‘s a lot of conâ€" flicting emotions and some times you don‘t know if you should be laughing or not. "There‘s a lot of different characters and relationâ€" ships and Shakespeare‘s intent with this story was something we studied before staging the play." "I think this production is definitely challenging," actress Julia Harries admitâ€" ted. This production marks HRONLCI cast member Jennifer Sculâ€" lion‘s first experience with Shakespeare and, what first seemed like a daunting task, soon became a rewarding accomplishment for the drama student. The University of Waterloo‘s drama department presents shakespeare‘s As You Like It, Nov 12â€"15 at the school‘s Humanities Theatre. "I thought it would be really challenging," she said. "But, because the lanâ€" guage is so flawless, it pracâ€" tically tells you what to do with it. Once you get over getting used to it, it just flows right from there." If the dialogue proved to be difficult for drama majors like Harries and Scullion, then it might be FINE AUTOMOBILE BODY AND PAINT Meticulous Restoration Original Paint Finishes Unsurpassed Collision Repair FWE AUTO INC 15 Centennial Dr. Kitchener 570â€" 2052 PORSCHE JAGUAR Mkhich Mkhith Mercedes Benz Specializing in Continued on page 23 Foot Clinic 751 Victoria St. S. Suite 105 e SuemTTED PHOTO