Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What counts here, of course, is not what's said but how it's said. With such a fine line separating art from reality, the success of the show depends upon the actors' ability to sustain appropriate distance from the audience and from the humor of their lines. The moment an actor shows he is conscious of the absurdity of what he's saying, the delicate veil shatters and the play falls flat. With only a few setbacks, the Dunster House production of "The Importance of Being Ernest" presents a delightfully self-contained and poker-faced version of Wilde...
...Wilde's version, however, the country is every bit as artificial as London town itself. By layering irony upon irony, Wilde gives dimension to what would otherwise be rather simplistic humor and saves the piece from mere triviality...
...production can catch all of Wilde's humor. But this production does an admirable job of highlighting as much as possible. The timing, thanks to Director John Wauck, is superb, as the actors jump from one-liner to one-liner. Though the cast is consistently good, Chris Charron's, imperturbable Algernon and Valerie Gilbert's haughty Lady Bracknel steal the show...
...lecture, sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel, was highlighted by the humor and wit of the 81-year-old writer, who also fielded questions from the audience...
...draft her to drive a car wired with tons of explosives, she accidentally puts it into reverse and crashes into a tree at top speed, much to the amusement of her hardened Israeli cohorts, who haven't had this much fun in years. Even terrorists have a sense of humor...