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Some plays should never be performed. Directed by Aileen K. Robinson ’08, and co-produced by Benjamin M. Poppel ’09 and Jeremy R. Steinemann ’08, Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theater (HRST) inexplicably chose to perform Keith Bunin??s “The World Over.” This past Friday at the Loeb Experimental Theatre, HRST presented its audience with a commendable production of a terrible play...
...Bunin??s play is an odd choice for HRST. It is certainly unique: This may be the only play in existence that is simultaneously a whimsical fantasy and an overt critique of geo-political borders. Ignoring its ridiculous plot, the play is simply not well written, riddled with clichés and obvious morals. At the play’s climax, for example, after watching Adam spend most of his life traveling around the globe in search of Gildoray, he speaks the incredibly revealing line: “I was chasing a kingdom and found it was only...
Arguably, the only interesting aspect of Bunin??s play is that it features more than thirty characters played by six of the seven cast members. Though the effect is at times dizzying for the audience, this accurately reflects Adam’s dizzying quest. Moreover, the play’s interwoven frames of reference—as Adam begins living the story he is told—are nicely echoed in the versatility of the actors who, except for Adam, play anywhere between three and seven roles each...
Regardless, Friday’s performance was not without its memorable moments, most of which were thanks to Nicholas B. Krasney ’09. He played each of his ridiculous characters with ironic gusto—the only way Bunin??s characters are tolerable. He was particularly amusing as the gryphon, a bird-like creature that eats newborns in the village and kills his attackers. Krasney, as the vicious gryphon, sat in a balcony over the stage, which was set as a comfortable library. Krasney in a gryphon mask while drinking tea was a hilarious spectacle...
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