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...gives the Ragpicker extraordinary fire in his mock defense, in fact a satirical indictment, of the oil seekers, and Earl Montgomery as the president scowls and plots so vilely that we are ready to cheer with the inhabitants of Chailot when he and his fellow conspirators are destroyed. Lynn Milgrim and Paul Schmidt make attractively childlike lovers, whose only reason for being in the play is to love each other. Everyone, down to the flowers-girl and the doorman, performs with grace...
...cast has as much fun playing these parts as the audience has watching them. Lynn Milgrim, a frequent visitor to the Harvard stage, lets her mobile face and huge eyes go wild. Her Lydia Languish pouts, purrs, and scolds with vivacious charm. Katherine Squire as Mrs. Malaprop declaims her ridiculous lines with such assurance and poise that they seem even more ridiculous. Earl Montgomery as Sir Anthony is a combination of Elliott Perkins and Nikita Khrushchev, polite and civilized one minute, stamping and roaring the next. As his son, the Captain, Richard Clarke views the behavior of Sir Anthony...
...Lynn Milgrim (Clytemnestra), on the other hand, did not perfect nearly so interesting a pose and had to settle for a mask of hauteur. The chorus was innocuous, which is something, and the play is short...
Leontes's rage must be induced by Hermione's playful (although to him seemingly important) jesting with Polixenes. As a queen well-schooled in the blandishments of courtly love, Lynn Milgrim's beguiling ways seem just flirtatious enough to arouse a suspicious husband. And if in the ensuing scenes, her composed fragility helps to set off the cruelty of the king, so Peter MacLean's strong and noble Polixenes offers a striking contrast as well...
...rehearsed this wonderful music thoroughly; except for some wretched brass playing in an andante section, all of the movements were well done. The speakers were also good, particularly Daniel Seltzer, who read an opening chorus, Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, and some of Friar Laurence's best lines. Lynn Milgrim Phillips made a charming Juliet, and Paul Schmidt an adequate Romeo, though his relentless theatricality became a bit tiresome...