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...Writer Paul Grellong??s characters may be undergraduates at Harvard and Yale, but the entanglement of conspiracies that unfold as the play develops makes them old beyond their years. Director Mia P. Walker ’10, producer C. Alex Tremblay ’10, and the cast combined to create a strong and intelligent production of “Manuscript,” but the admirable efforts of all involved only barely overcame the limitations of the script itself...
...main challenge that Walker and the cast had to confront in their production was Grellong??s melodramatic script. The play’s complex intrigues come off as somewhat contrived—even though its story of publishing and plagiarism is not unfamiliar to Harvard—but the dialogue often rang even more false. Twice throughout the play, Elizabeth tried to win David to her side, telling him that unlike Chris, the two of them are “old inside.” Moments like this one, where the script was too self-consciously trying...
...Walker and her performers salvaged Grellong??s sometimes-ridiculous script with their comedy, exuberance, and dedication. While there were times when the performance faltered, the fault lay more with the triteness of the words themselves than with the actors’ delivery of them. Otherwise, they created an entertaining and witty performance out of the twists and turns of “Manuscript...
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