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\u201c\u2018A MERRY OPENING FOR A TROUBLED APT\u2019\u2026At least two actors\u2014Randall Duk Kim in the role of Falstaff, and Leonard Kelly-Young as Dr. Caius, the French physician\u2014consistently turn in show-stopping performances. Their mastery of the roles and dialogue, down to single words and gestures, is so complete and convincing that their performances alone are worth the price of admission.\u2026\u201d
\u2014Jacob Stockinger, THE CAPITAL TIMES (7\/7\/1984)<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018PLAYERS GIVE BARD THE ROYAL TREATMENT\u2019\u2026Kim, whose life\u2019s dream is being made reality with the classic theater on a hilltop south of Spring Green, makes the knight wonderfully fat. But he also makes him old, cantankerous, and more avaricious than lecherous.\u2026Kim\u2019s Falstaff works. His explosive rendition of Shakespeare\u2019s literate oaths is a superb demonstration of theatrical bombast.\u2026\u201d
\u2014Jay Joslyn, MILWAUKEE SENTINEL (7\/9\/1984)
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\u201c\u2018\u2018MERRY WIVES\u2019 A REAL CLASS ACT\u2019\u2026Commanding applause mixed with laughter, the portly figure of Falstaff emerges as double and more the size of Randall Duk Kim, the actor portraying him. While theater is full of magic, it mystifies me that this short, lean actor convincingly appears in such proportions that his girth greatly exceeds his stature. Give credit to both Kim and costume designer Ted Boerner for mastering this exquisite deception. APT co-founder Kim entrances the audience as the hopeful lecher, Falstaff, an aging, boastful man, clever of tongue but thoroughly deluded in the goodly appearance of his rotund figure.\u2026\u201d
\u2014Dennis Mullins, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL (7\/9\/1984)
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\u201c\u2018APT WEAVING SUMMER SHAKESPEARE MAGIC AGAIN\u2019\u2026The show stealer of the night was Falstaff who drew sounds of astonishment and laughter every time he came on the stage. Played by Randall Duk Kim, Falstaff was a witty and outrageous display of how one man can get himself into so much trouble. Dressed in knee high boots with ringing spurs, Falstaff\u2019s presence could note be ignored due to his size. As Pistol put it \u2018two yards and more.\u2019\u2026\u201d
\u2014Shelly Trachte, REEDSBURG TIMES-PRESS (7\/19\/1984)
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\u201c\u2018THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR\u2019\u2026The most prominent performer is Randall Duk Kim as Sir John Falstaff, the rotund, wine-swilling knight whose double-dealing in love sets the comic sanction in motion. Kim is superb as Falstaff the clown, giving the character a rolling walk, booming voice and lecherous sneer. And his performance of the physical humor\u2014hiding behind a tapestry, jumping into a basket and running away from a jealous husband\u2014attests to his agility.\u2026\u201d
\u2014Merope Pavlides, ISTHMUS (7\/20\/1984)
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\u201c\u2018\u2018MERRY WIVES\u2019 TERRIFIC AT SPRING GREEN, WIS.\u2019\u2026There are not enough superlatives to cover the energy, knowledge and interpretation that Kim brings to Shakespeare. Randall has turned the finding of the \u2018perfect Shakespeare\u2019 into a lifetime, all-encompassing quest.\u2026Kim is totally believable and magnificent as the bawdy, lusty, ponderous Falstaff\u2014one of Shakespeare\u2019s best-known and clearly drawn characters. In sprite of being the constant target of deception, humiliation and abuse, he struts his huge self around the stage, giving as well as he receives. A blood, if obese, knight, indeed.\u2026\u201d
\u2014Kaye Young, MASON CITY GLOBE-GAZETTE (7\/1984)
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\u201c\u2018AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE\u2019S ARTISTRY SETS WORRIES ASIDE\u2019\u2026Kim taps the lusty humor in the spectacle of a conceited old man who fancies himself irresistible to young women, but there is tragedy, too, when his Falstaff realizes the other characters have played him for a fool.\u2026\u201d
\u2014Howard Reich, CHICAGO TRIBUNE (9\/27\/1984)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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