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...Nymph Errant...
Romeny Brent's script follows Evangeline Edwards--the nymph errant--as she meanders across the Continent, having been encouraged by her boarding school chemistry teacher to "experiment" with different experiences and, inevitably, with different men. Her romantic interests run the gamut from a lecherous French musical director to a sleazy Greek merchant...
...blame for this problem lies not with the performers--who did their best to add spice to the performance--but with the director, for not bringing the rest of the show up to the high standards set by the non-Nymph material...
...performance also suffers from the uneven quality of accents assumed by the players. Good British accents are key to a Porter show, and in Nymph Errant, the accents of the various European characters become equally important. But in this production, many of the accents are forced or nonexistent...
Most of the cast deliver satisfactory, but not extraordinary performances. However, some cast members, including Susan Levine as the Nymph, and Barton, doubling as one of Levine's beaus, are refreshingly good...