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...romantic comedy lies at the heart of the production. As the play opens, timid Robin Oakapple (Michael Short) is attempting to woo the lovely Rose Maybud (Karen Thompson). Unable to overcome his shyness and reveal his true feelings, Robin instead convinces Richard Dauntless (Colum Amory), his foster brother, to talk to Rose for him. When the seafaring Richard sees the charming Rose, he breaks his promise to Robin and becomes engaged to Rose himself...
...noticeable weaknesses in casting is the choice of Amory as Richard Dauntless. While he plays his character with great vivacity, he speaks much too quickly and articulates poorly--many of his lines are impossible to understand. Fortunately, director Arthur Fuscaldo supplements Amory's lines with large, hilarious gestures. For example, he has Richard take out his spyglass and look Rose over intensely in their first meeting. Amory's flourishes somewhat compensate for his garbled lines...
...that lovable time machine (a goofily customized DeLorean) with bad news: Marty's son -- not yet even a gleam in his father's eye -- is in trouble in the year 2015, and there is just enough time to save him from a life of crime. The dauntless duo, accompanied, of course, by Marty's girlfriend Jennifer (Elizabeth Shue), must head off to give future history a quick...
...cold war, and an international page turner should never be confused with a geo-political thriller. The one man who can save Thomas is American David Quartermain, who fathered the illegitimate boy and is sitting out the war in Vermont. Quartermain, whose name evokes the dauntless hero of King Solomon's Mines, is not just well off. He is a member of the most powerful banking family in the U.S. For lagniappe, he bears a striking resemblance to Gary Cooper. The boy's only protector is a supermarksman out of Ghostbusters. Miquel is the sort of fellow who can shoot...
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