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...romantic comedy lies at the heart of the production. As the play opens, timid Robin Oakapple (Michael Short) is attempting to woo the lovely Rose Maybud (Karen Thompson). Unable to overcome his shyness and reveal his true feelings, Robin instead convinces Richard Dauntless (Colum Amory), his foster brother, to talk to Rose for him. When the seafaring Richard sees the charming Rose, he breaks his promise to Robin and becomes engaged to Rose himself...
...gentleman Robin Oakapple (Phillip Resnick) who has run away from his position as the duke of Murgatroyd because in order to be duke, he must follow a long-standing family tradition and (of course) commit a crime a day. Oakapple falls in love with the beautiful village maiden Rose Maybud (Erika Fox Zabusky) who has a particular fetish with etiquette...
...PLAY is cleverly staged, with the actors taking full advantage of the set. When Mad Margaret enters at the end of the first act, she waltzes all over the stage, revealing her violent hatred of the goody-goody Rose Maybud. Sommers as Mad Margaret belts out her lines in a clear resounding voice and her chaotic motions brilliantly convey her characters madness. Also hysterical is the etiquette scene between Rose Maybud and the sailor Richard--known fondly as Dick--during which Dick proclaims his love for Rose and she responds by referring to her manners book. Their voices blend well...
...story-line is convoluted, in typical Gilbert and Sullivan fashion. Rose Maybud (Cathy Weary), a village flower much preoccupied with etiquette, loves young Robin Oakapple (Mark Clements), who possesses "the manners of a marquis and the morals of a Methodist." Robin loves Rose, too, but he harbors a terrible secret: he is masquerading as a farmer to avoid acknowledging his position as the 22nd baronet of Murgatroyd. His title carries with it some rather grim duties: the baronet must commit a crime every day, or die in torment at the hands of his ancestors. This curse makes life troublesome...
...rule the waves--make him an ideal antihero: he'd stand out even more if the rest of the cast, right down to the chorus, weren't so fine. Joshua J. Zimmerberg wheezes through his old retainer's role in high style. Kerry McCarthy is as good, as Rose Maybud, the soprano. And Douglas H. Hunt, as Fuller's foster-brother, trying to avoid his Ruddigorish fate without needing to die early, is just remarkable--perfectly solemn and apparently joyfully in on the joke at the same time. The whole production is like that--and it's certainly a joke...