Word: goerner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before discussing the script, thought, it is only fair to give the Loeb players their due; and certainly, they deserve a rave. From Jon Goerner, who balances Figaro's cynical honesty with just the right degree of humor, to Linda Cameron, Figaro's master's love, to Jonathan Prince, the hilarious flunky who serves the highest bidder, the cast is one of the best assembled in some time at the Loeb. If at times we are given a few too many slapstick gags, these times are few. For the most part, the buffoonery is nicely balanced by a moment...
...adding, "I felt bad about it for a while." Unlike most Harvard productions, where auditions are individual and private, Havergal chose to let everyone perform in front of everyone else. "It was in a lit house where everybody wanted you to fail because they wanted your part," Jon S. Goerner '78, who plays the servant Figaro, says. "You feel terribly guilty if you went there with 40 people and you were the only one who made it. But I loved it," he adds...
...Goerner: "Yes, he knows what he's doing...
...wearied and saddened into bitterness over the trouble in his family and in the land, and again, in his meeting with Hal, when he shows disappointment and displeasure. But Konrad does not add enough depth to this character whose experiences frame the play. And of his courtiers, only John Goerner, as the wicked Earl of Worcester, as conniving as he appears to be composed, adds an interesting touch of treachery to his part...
...stinker and you stink." In contrast to Sherman's comic posturing, Eric Luftman acts Richard Lionheart, Eleanor's darling, with straight-faced sobriety. Whether stiffly demanding his rights or reviling the rest of the family, he is a model of sullen, subdued rage. In between is Geoffrey (Jon Goerner), all "cogs and gears," the son nobody loves. Goerner, playing another in a long line of slimy and insidious characters, is simultaneously oily and reserved, turning in his most precise performance to date...