Word: dionyza
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...camp of the bawdy-house, continually brightens the stage. And Kate Taylor '00, who for the first half has nothing to do but to stand on stage as Antiochus's Daughter and crumple her face in disdain, emerges unexpectedly in the second half as a coldly terrifying Dionyza, the evil queen of Tarsus who plots the murder of our heroine Marina. (Taylor's final appearance, as the goddess Diana in an extraordinary strip tease scene, was equally impressive. But, unfortunately, the moment is ephemeral and cannot be recaptured in prose...
...surmounts Pericles as the family's core. Jeannie Affelder '83 as Marina speaks and moves with soulless uniformity, relieved only by her song, which is sweet and sonorous. Other high points include Paul Redford '81 as the gregarious and amusing buffoon king, Simonides, Sindri Anderson as the turned-evil Dionyza, and Brian McCue '80 in a grab-bag of roles...
...spares the audience inexpert attempts at British English, a wise decision on the part of the director Kathy Placzek. Wright's part is an open trap to overacting, but he makes no attempt to steal attention from the action of the play. Diana Chase plays a superbly wicked Dionyza, which she accents with a very low neckline and feline movements. It is probably unfair to list the attributes of the principals, for this cast shares equally in the success of the play, but Gary Watkins is a good actor who makes the best of an uninspiring role as Pericles...
...tightened plot and imaginative details of direction make the pasteboard figures of the original Pericles into fuller, livelier characters. Pericles becomes almost a spoof as a paragon of nobility, rising early to practice his jousting while the other revelers of the night before stagger on stage with crushing hangovers. Dionyza's jealousy becomes a real facet of personality in the slinky character onstage, while in the original it is an awkward device to advance the plot. Sections of the new play are quite comic, but the heroes are never ludicrous. This is a difficult task for any company to accomplish...
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