In an afterword he writes: "Putting aside the murder being covered up, Claudius seems a capable king, Gertrude a noble queen, Ophelia a treasure of sweetness, Polonius a tedious but not evil counselor, Laertes a generic young man.
An afterword quotes the key to Updike's unsweet prince, from William Kerrigan's "Hamlet's Perfection," summing up the unfashionable judgment of a previous scholar: "Putting aside the murder being covered up, Claudius seems a capable king, Gertrude a noble queen, Ophelia a treasure of sweetness, Polonius a tedious but not evil counselor, Laertes a generic young man.
The Exchequer was also assisted in this period by Thomas Fanshawe, the Queen's Remembrancer; a capable man, Fanshawe was often consulted by the Barons of the Exchequer as to the best way to administer the court, and helped standardise pleadings, allowing the Exchequer to cope during a period of increased business.
A capable Ashley Tisdale (inheriting Anna Faris's scream-queen mantle), rare flashes of wit and stunt cameos keep the proceedings only intermittently entertaining.
He was, of course, a capable cartoonist.
Bryant was a capable, but lone, gunslinger.
She was a capable pianist who boldly sang a few arias with some fairly tricky piano parts, like the one Nannetta sings when disguised as the Queen of the Fairies in the final act of Verdi's "Falstaff".
Jones was also a capable administrator.
Become a capable athlete.
Are you a princess, a queen?
