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Published on October 09, 2003

Sidonie Garrett's first full season as artistic director of the Shakespeare Festival ended on a giddy high with her beautiful and moving take on Hamlet. A strong cast and a judicious edit kept this version moving along between a canter and a gallop without giving the tragedy -- or its surprising bits of comedy -- short shrift. Those summer evenings in the park, all the world was indeed a stage, but the choice players were better lighted.