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...Dorine, that does the most to elevate this production to its consistently high level. Like most of Moliere's family servants. Dorine is the only truly unaffected character in the play, outside society and unconcerned with formalities. Using every inch of Philip Drysdale's excellent set, curled in an oak-panelled corner of Adams House dining room. Crasnick dashes around the stage, eavesdropping on conversations, stage-managing a love affair, and rallying forces against the hypocrisy she so intuitively sees through. Crasnick's Dorine has a delightful charm and spontaneity that not only is enchanting in itself, but also acts...
NOTHING to do but follow the crowd up and out to Sullivan Square. Determined now to find Oak Grove with or without the Orange Line. An old woman asks directions. (Sorry, lady, I'm just in from Harvard Square myself.) A young man asks directions; he's all confused. North station never used to e underground. A smile and a shrug and then an older man comes up and asks directions. This is getting ridiculous but an educated guess provides him with an answer that he's satisfied with...
...heaves into view. According to the Park Street map it goes to Oak Grove. Nothing to lose might as well go along for the ride. Pay now or later? (A peculiarly Bostonian dilemma, of course) Later...
...arrives Grove Street, in the heart of Oak Grove. Still unremarkable. Fare $40. To determine the fare the bus driver asks the passengers as they get off where they had gotten on. Honor system. At Quincy on the Red Line last fall a young man was shot for jumping a turnstile, Not the honor system, Policy on the new Orange Line not yet disclosed by MBTA...
...OAK GROVE--part of Malden--nice enough place to wander around, not much going on According to the Park Street map the Reading branch of Boston and Maine Railroad comes down through here, in fact right alongside the proposed route of Orange Line extension. Worth checking out. Wander around some more finally find tracks, finally find the Wyoming station. (Railroads of course, reserve the right to call their stations by any name they please...