Word: guldstad
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Fortunately, the only other character called upon for extended philosophical declamation is equally strong. Peter Sagal as Guldstad, the considerably older rival for Svanhild's attentions, acquits himself beautifully in the play's crucial monologue, an analysis of marriage which on Friday night clocked in at a solid ten minutes...
...problems," a concern on which his reputation largely rests. Specifically, it is a satire on love, courtship and marriage. It supports the thesis that a happy marriage demands the absence of love and that a lasting love exists only extramaritally; and it presents, through the mouth of the merchant Guldstad, a strong argument for mariages de convenance...
Richard Duprey, as the divinity student Lind who is dissuaded from following his deeply-felt mission in life, had all he could do to stumble through his lines. James Ruberti and Ralph Hoffmann, as the wholesaler Guldstad and law-clerk Stiver, made poor starts but improved greatly by their big scenes in the third act. Donald McAllister, who played Paster Strawman, has a serious diction problem. He must get rid of his awful accent, and can start by watching his vowels and sibilants...
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