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...high-schoolish. Only Jerry Kilty, in the curious role of the Fool, and Thayer David, in the part of the feeble old Earl of Gloucester, the subplot equivalent of Lear, make really individual contributions. Peter Temple is sturdy and even humorous in the essentially mechanical role of Kent Jan Farrand and Joan Croyden are highly successful in differentiating the wicked daughters, Regan and Goneril, but at the expense of an over-feline Regan by Miss Farrand...
...Farrand was, as usual, charming and energetic, and although Robert Fletcher's performance as the schoolmaster was quite acceptable, I felt he lacked assurance, and his mugging and on-and-off brogue detracted from his characterization. But my reaction is to be pitted against the applause he won from members of the audience after his final exit...
...Farrand, as Cressida, has changed her interpretation considerably. Instead of playing a sexy two-timer as she did last year, she makes Cressida out to be a well-meaning and affectionate girl who is the victim of circumstances. The change in role has not diminished her charms as an actress. Cressida's uncle, Pandarus, is played by Thayer David, who makes the part, that of a coarse and effeminate old man extremely amusing...
Lina Sczepanowskae, (Jan Farrand), a beauteous Polish acrobat, assists the principals in defining their viewpoints, serving as the object of their individual amorous efforts. She spurns them all for her independence; the curtain falls and the audience is left to judge the elements of each philosophy for what it is worth. They are not all compatible, and the audience is left with the Shavian scurge, the unresolved paradox...
Miss Mareey mixes frivolity and seriousness with a skill that gives depth to her role; Miss Farrand handles the difficult role of the aerobat adequately although she seems a bit forced. Unfortunately Morgan's John is not quite natural and makes his point somewhat more difficult to comprehend. Most outstanding is Peter Temple, who as an impoverished clerk gives a great deal of blunt humor to a play which is necessarily more subtle in its important topics...