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Scapino! The Mainstage presents Moliere updated, augmented, and thoroughly revivified. Reviewed on opposite page. At the Loeb, 64 Brattle...
...Moliere comedies in town, the old Frenchman must be doing some pretty high-speed spinning in the grave. The Boston Repertory Theatre features a contemporary version of The Misanthrope; the production inspires antipathy not towards mankind in general but towards one in particular; the director. Scapino! at the Loeb fares much better; George Hamlin's skilled direction turns an uneven collection of actors into a smooth comic troupe...
...years ago included some of the most versatile actors in the business; Jim Dale in the lead role of Scapino nearly made it a one-man show. But if the talents of the cast are not worth showing off, Scapino becomes no longer worth doing. This is where the Loeb production falls short...
...showcase actors who are only slightly better than average, and by amateur standards at that? The cast at the Loeb is good but not great in a show that demands the superb. George Hamlin's meticulous direction has' molded a group of inexperienced players into an entertaining comedy troupe, but this Scapino was marked for mediocrity long before rehearsals began...
While there are several excuses one might make for the muddy Moliere now playing at the Loeb, there is no justification whatsoever for the dramatic horror called The Misanthrope at the Boston Repertory Theatre. Productions such as this one seem to have no purpose whatsoever, save to fuel the critical sarcasm of Boston's alternative weeklies...