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...visit, director Richard Eoin Nash's rather loose adaptation of Friedrich Durrenmatt's Der Besuch der Alten Dame, deals with the return of Claire Washer, a not-particularly-prodigal daughter, to her home town of Slurryville after her transformation into Claire Trumpefeller, multibillionaire...
There are times when the viewer is convinced that Nash, the director, does his best to turn the play into an abominable cliche. For example, there is one particular scene where the transvestite (Ethan Golden) tries very hard to stimulate a banana with his mouth, and a gratuitous dream sequence where the townsfolk caper under a rain of purple light, performing choreographed imitations of everything from group sex to oral...
...Visit of the Old Lady: A Tragicomedy of Love and Rapid Economic Growth dir. Richard Nash at the Loeb mainstage Through April...
...Nash has done his best to foster precisely this ambiguity. He includes obvious symbols of mixed sexuality such as a transvestite and a pair of castrated men, as well as more subtle devices. For example, the viewer is fooled by the darkness into believing that a policeman seated at his desk is actually Claire's black panther in cage...
...Nash plays around with a variety of themes, and it is impossible to tell which is his true focus, or even if there is one. Durrenmatt's own emphasis, on Germany and German issues, has been effectively excised to make this play a lot more universal...