Word: good
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Admittedly, while The Turncoats is an entertaining play, it is entertaining in a conventional way. As directed by Paul Sprecher, with its sparse setting and straight-forward presentation, this is the stuff of which good TV drama is made. America has treated these men badly--all had been poor, suffering the resulting humiliations. Kondry, as an example, had been through a reform school, labelled "Reformed," and thrown back into society only to find he couldn't get a job. China, for them, offers material promise, but not the emotional comfort the men need. The dilemma is captured in a former...
BASICALLY, though, the play remains a nicely constructed minor piece of suspense. With the quartet of actors being completed by Joe Taylor--whose slightly Southern intonation adds a relaxed counterpoint to the proceedings--The Turncoats is, what they used to call, a good little story...
...course, plenty of other good techies (and actors) worked with that group, but not exclusively. Lighting lady Sara Linnie Slocum, Kirkpatrick, and others were independents...
...York a tech director, carpenter or stage manager is an employee--someone whom you hire on the basis of credits he has piled up. At Harvard a good techie is a scarce commodity. He has rare skills which are essential to a show, and more job offers than he can possibly accept. And, of course, Harvard techies don't get paid...
...LEAST there were advantages in that clique. It revolved around Mayer--he had charisma, "talent, flash, élan that brought people in, and a controlled theatrical madness." Scott Kirkpatrick, who built for the summer company for two seasons and produced Erie said they felt they were doing something good that wasn't in existence anyplace else around here. "We thought we did a good job, and that we could affect people...