Word: leonidik
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another fortunate casting choice is George Sheanshang as Leonidik, the poet. In the first act, he makes the perfect budding writer--soft voice, gay eyes, fluent hand motions. When, in the third act, the gaiety turns sour, Sheanshang becomes a horrible figure of pathetic impotency...
Counter to Leonidik is Marat, the impetuous dreamer who achieves his goals of becoming war hero and bridge builder, but forgets to find love along the way. In this role, Michael Sacks captures the character's lust for action in the first two acts, but let's down a little in the third. He doesn't quite get at Marat's feeling of emptiness in spite of success, and tends to substitute volume for incisive characterization...
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