Word: antigonus
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...Furthermore, only Richard Snee as Antigonus seemed to remember that the mood gets lighter in the play’s second half. While the rest of the cast—unflinchingly grim and absurdly costumed in black with blue accents by Charles Shoonmaker—ended up looking like high tragedy gone to outer space. Snee’s fatalism, by contrast, was laced with much-needed humor...
...After all, Antigonus turns out to be the victim of Shakespeare’s most famous stage direction: “Exit, pursued by a bear.” It’s grim and horrible and everything, but come on. Bears are funny...
...this bear was imaginatively realized by the cast, who huddled together and devoured Antigonus before turning into a herd of sheep in the next scene. The moment is one of many in which an idea from some cast member seems to have shined through Tofteland’s clusmy direction. Another was the blessing given by the citizens of Bohemia, a wiggle of the fingers used to great comic effect...