Word: delia
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Nothing, however, can evoke more sympathy for Dan than the fact that he is married to Jean (Maples). As mentioned before, she was obviously supposed to be more enthusiastic and excitable than anyone else in the play. But when Delia finally slapped her trying to end her hysterics, Most of the audience became envious and wished they could have done it themselves...
Halfway during the first act, August's eccentric, hypochondriac sister Delia Eriksen (Dana Gotleib) comes to live with them. The owner of the house in which they are all staying, the loveable and amusing backwoods hick Chad Jasker (Andrew Pitcher), is also always hanging around. Although there is obvious tension between August and Delia and obvious lust between Chad and Jean, everything is subtle. And for the most part, everyone gets along quite nicely...so nicely, in fact, that the audience is in danger of falling asleep...
Gotlieb, however, shone as a true source of comic relief as August's hypochondria sister Delia, an acclaimed author with a scandalous history. Her character was supposed to be livelier than everyone else's during her scenes, and she realized her potential without being melodramatic. Neither she nor Lewis had many spoken lines, but they never tried to overshadow their fellow cast members. They slipped into their roles with a familiarity and understanding that was not reached by anyone else in the cast. Truly, Lewis's quiet but sharp one-liners and Gotlieb's outspoken, often obnoxious punch-lines brought...
...character, the "Most-Improved" award has to go to Nick Stoller (Dan). At the start of the show, his character appeared to be nothing more than a one dimensional nice guv. i.e. pushover. But after an encouraging conversation with Delia and a night of drunken fishing with Chad, Dan began to show his humanist to the audience. By time everyone realized that Chad had killed him, more that a little sympathy is felt by the audience for the loss of the nicest and most humane character of the play...
...Delia O'Connor '70, now a hospitaladministrator, said she regretted the "comicallyill-informed positions" she and other anti-wardemonstrators adopted during their years atHarvard...