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...ostensible theme of the play is anti-semitism, but it's wider than that. It's a psycho-political horror story--rather like The Visit--and involves an enormous amount of character development on the part of one Andri (Carl Nagin). Except for Teacher (Marc Temin) and Barblin (Julie Tolliver) the other parts are basically designed for character actors...
...same reasons as the others. In the scene where Teacher comes home drunk and tries to talk to the insolent, isolated Andri, Temin and Nagin could have developed a beautiful pattern of slurred overture and acid rebuff. They merely mixed lines and frustrations. The last scene between Barblin and Andri might have built to a striking conclusion. Nagin and Miss Tolliver strove and fumbled, but without precision or notable effect...
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