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John, played by 28 Days Later survivor Cillian Murphy, is inarticulate, unsure of what he wants and desperately insecure. As a result, he decides to “test” his girlfriend Deirdre (Kelly Macdonald) by breaking up with her, an action that has consequences for everyone in their small Dublin suburb...
Directed at the Loeb Theater by JoAnne Akalaitis, the production focuses on the events of two days in a boarding house by the sea. First on the scene are Meg (Karen MacDonald) and Petey (Terence Rigby), the old couple who own the boarding house. After they exchange a few pleasantries over breakfast, their longtime boarder Stanley (Thomas Derrah) comes down for breakfast—late, surly and increasingly violent...
Despite the disconcerting plot and ambiguous dialogue, the production is carried by the sheer talent of the actors. Karen MacDonald slips into the role of a cheerfully dotty old woman as if it were her own personality. Thomas Derrah overacts at times, making Stanley’s conversational lines sound like a speech or sermon. His physical acting, however, is simply magnetic, especially in the second act as Stanley’s nervous breakdown becomes complete. Terence Rigby is the play’s “straight man,” whose dry wit and easygoing manner evolves into...
Directed at the Loeb Theater by JoAnne Akalaitis, the production focuses on the events of two days in a boarding house by the sea. First on the scene are Meg (Karen MacDonald) and Petey (Terence Rigby), the old couple who own the boarding house. After they exchange a few pleasantries over breakfast, their longtime boarder Stanley (Thomas Derrah) comes down for breakfast—late, surly and increasingly violent...
Despite the disconcerting plot and ambiguous dialogue, the production is carried by the sheer talent of the actors. Karen MacDonald slips into the role of a cheerfully dotty old woman as if it were her own personality. Thomas Derrah overacts at times, making Stanley’s conversational lines sound like a speech or sermon. His physical acting, however, is simply magnetic, especially in the second act as Stanley’s nervous breakdown becomes complete. Terence Rigby is the play’s “straight man,” whose dry wit and easygoing manner evolves into...