Word: borachio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...direction is not poor--it is just overenthusiastic. Among the many memorable scenes, the arrest of Conrade (Josh Walker) and Borachio (Michael Johnson) brilliantly conveys the stupid pomposity of Dogberry (Marc Jones) and the idiocy of his sidekicks on the nightwatch (Kitt Hirasaki and Alan Glazer). The complicated staging of the fight in the background in conjunction with Dog-berry's stirring monologue betrays thoughtful, original and energetic direction...
...Pedro's brother, Don John (Ian Lithgow), on the other hand, is interpreted as a buffoon. He is a Peter Ustinov-style villain, bumbling and ineffectual. The comic actors take the Shakespearean "rude mechanical" to the limit. Dogberry and Verges (Tom Giordano) revel in the slapstick. So, too, do Borachio and Conrade--at times at the expense of the darker, more thoughtful side of the play...
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