Tom McCamus, Chick Reid (5/07 Comedy of Errors)
Excerpt from Entertainment Today 5/26/07: Tom McCamus
It's curtain call time: True stars at Stratford are waiting on stage
By JAMES REANEY, Sat, May 26, 2007
The Stratford Festival opens its 54th season with King Lear at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. For all the glitz and pomp of opening night 2007, the truest stars and biggest names -- such as Lear's director and star, Brian Bedford -- are all waiting for us on stage.
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In what must be some inspired Londoner-meets-Londoner casting, Tom McCamus plays Antipholus of Ephesus. McCamus was part of the London theatre scene in 1970s and Snelgrove in the 1990s, which means Monette must find something amusing about pairing these "twins." McCamus and Snelgrove also appear later in the Stratford summer in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. Like Snelgrove, McCamus's London connections include former Oakridge teacher Art Fidler and the old Gallery Theatre.
© The London Free Press
Excerpt from Canoe Jam!Theatre 5/29/07: Tom McCamus
Stratford's 55th season opens: Monette's ending far from tragic
By KATHY RUMLESKI -- Sun Media May 29, 2007
STRATFORD -- For heading into a tragedy, Richard Monette looked pretty damn happy. The man at the centre of attention on opening night of the Stratford Festival of Canada appeared to the public last night only four minutes before the start of the tragedy King Lear. Looking relaxed and happy, artistic director Monette was ready for his last season as the Festival's artistic director after 14 "fulfilling" years.
More than 200 people had gathered along the boulevard outside the entrance to the Festival Theatre, packed in five and six deep in some spots, to catch the annual parade of stars arriving for the start of the 55th season. It was slim pickings in terms of star power. Former Ontario premier Bob Rae, actor Colm Feore and his wife Donna Feore, directing Oklahoma, which opens tonight, and actor Tom McCamus entered through the main door where media types and the public pushed to get a word or a glimpse.
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Excerpt from Toronto Star 6/4/07: Tom McCamus
Few hits, plenty of errors in Monette's farewell
For the record, Bruce Dow is very, very funny as the more hysterical of the two Dromios; Tom McCamus scores points by playing Antipholus of Ephesus with an elusive touch of class and Brigit Wilson works the minor role of the courtesan for all it's worth.
© Toronto Star
Excerpt from Globe and Mail 6/5/07: Tom McCamus
An error of a comedy
Michael Posner From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jun. 05 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
The Comedy of Errors Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Richard Monette
Starring Tom McCamus and David Snelgrove
At the Avon Theatre in Stratford, Ont., until Oct. 26 (800-567-1600)
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The cast members in this error of a comedy try hard to make it work, particularly Tom McCamus, as one of the two Antipholuses, and Bruce Dow and Steve Ross as the two Dromios. But it seemed that the more energy they expended, the more it became clear that the material couldn't be saved. It's going to be a long summer and autumn for them all.
© The Globe and Mail
Excerpt from The Stage Door 6/9/07: Tom McCamus, Chick Reid (Nicole Carter in "Blood Ties")
The Comedy of Errors
2007-06-09
The same is true for Chick Reid as the Abbess, who struggles against the current to bring some dignity to the final scene. The main advantage of casting Bruce Dow as Dromio of Syracuse and Steve Ross as Dromio of Ephesus is that they look so much alike we do actually become confused about which is which. The same is not true of David Snelgrove and Tom McCamus as the Antipholi of Syracuse and Ephesus, who are not matched in looks or age.
© Stage Door
Excerpt from Hamilton Spectator 6/20/07: Tom McCamus, Chick Reid
'Errors' all wrong
(Jun 20, 2007)
Usually reliable actors such as Ian Deakin and Chick Reid go over the top.
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Tom McCamus as David Snelgrove's Antipholus Twin looks tired performing the silly stage business Monette has conjured here. He looks as if he wishes he were in some other play in some other theatre. Hmm. So did I.
© The Hamilton Spectator
Excerpt from Post Gazette 7/31/07: Tom McCamus
Stage Reviews: Stratford Fest's 'Comedy' hilarious, 'Mockingbird' a little weak
July 31, 2007 7:30 PM By Christopher Rawson Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
'The Comedy of Errors'
To situate you in the sometimes-confusing field of Shakespearean comedy, this is the early farce about two sets of twins separated at birth. The two masters are both named Antipholus and the servants, Dromio. One master-servant duo goes in search of the other, but, when strangers suddenly seem to know them, never draws the obvious conclusion that they've stumbled on what they were looking for. Hence, farce.
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Steve Ross makes a very effective twin, such that it really is hard to tell them apart. Not so with the Antipholi, sweet-faced David Snelgrove (Syracuse) and care-worn Tom McCamus (Ephesus). But they and all join for a remarkably warm, familial ending, a satisfying end to an entertaining play.
© Post Gazette
Excerpt from Forever Young News 8/1/07: Tom McCamus
Stratford follies
By Keith Garebian August 01, 2007
The two sets of twins stand out best, particularly because of a clear distinction in personalities. As the Antipholus twins, Tom McCamus, for instance, makes an angry contrast to David Snelgrove as his stiff, tripping brother, while Steve Ross and Bruce Dow make true comedy out of their Dromios, with Dow offering an uproarious anatomy and geography of the kitchen wench Luce when he is not serving as a one-man anthology of music hall bits.
© Forever Young News
Excerpt from Shakespeare 8/4/07: Tom McCamus
Comedy of Errors
Reviewed on : 2007-08-04 23:04:34 ; Reviewed by : Antonia Mandry
As for the performances, David Snelgrove plays the sweetly and stupidly starry-eyed foreigner delighted by fortune and misfortune alike. His handsome good looks play in contrast to Tom McCamus as his dissolute twin who has much too much gravitas to play such a role, but manages to pull it off anyway with an innate understanding of the words and a good deal of sport.
© Shakespeare Revue
Excerpt from Shaltz Shakespeare Reviews 9/20/07: Tom McCamus
The Comedy of Errors Performed at Stratford Festival of Canada, the Avon Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, on September 20th, 2007
The two Antipholi are strong stage actors, Snelgove playing the dim-witted starry-eyed twin, and the much older Tom McCamus a dissipated and weary-looking brother. The two do not resemble twins, unlike the Dromios, who provide the few - and perhaps only - highlights of the production.
© Shaltz Shakespeare Reviews