rothed's purity, and he cruelly humiliates her in public. Then, as so often happens, he gets the second chance he really doesn't deserve. Beck and Amendt handle their scenes well enough, but you can't help counting the minutes until Benedick and Beatrice return. When these two equally matched opponen

king; Donald Holder's lighting design scrimps on brightness, then shines the occasional awkward (but necessary) spotlight. Many actors do fine work—Amendt as fickle Claudio, Elizabeth Meadows Rouse as perky maid Ursula—but others, occasionally left adrift by Arbus, are still finding their footing. It s

rothed's purity, and he cruelly humiliates her in public. Then, as so often happens, he gets the second chance he really doesn't deserve. Beck and Amendt handle their scenes well enough, but you can't help counting the minutes until Benedick and Beatrice return. When these two equally matched opponen

king; Donald Holder's lighting design scrimps on brightness, then shines the occasional awkward (but necessary) spotlight. Many actors do fine work—Amendt as fickle Claudio, Elizabeth Meadows Rouse as perky maid Ursula—but others, occasionally left adrift by Arbus, are still finding their footing. It s