Word: esptein
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...strangled in verbal tics, though always too terrible to be funny. More often he was the lofty, dignified representative of Judaism and its haughty law. In any case, his Shylock was more sinned against than sinning--the temptation that this production, not without provocation, succumbed to. One suspects that Esptein really wanted to play Lear or Coriolanus. Epstein was the only actor in the entire cast to successfully master the art of speaking verse on stage and achieving a Shakespearean voice. Although at all times he was eloquent, Epstein, in a proper attempt to make Shylock a genuine foreigner...
| 1 |