Word: plot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anderson and Merritt choose to keep the play uncomplicated. The direction focuses on the actors, and there is no abstract imagery thrown in to complicate the plot and take precedence over the acting. Instead, Anderson's cleverly designed stage and Robert Burn's wonderful costumes effectively accent the stellar performances of the cast...
...musical accompaniment is indispensable to creating the mood and atmosphere of the play and at times even adds a lilting humor to its somber plot...
However, the solid performance of just about every member of Williams' cast (which is composed entirely of Kirkland House members) more than compensates for these detractions. The energy which the actors bring to the stage infuses the plot (and the audience) with chills and excitement...
...late 18th century France, the plot revolves around two protagonists: La Marquise de Merteuil (Alison Weller) and le Vicomte de Valmont (Tom Hughes). Love and Revenge are their favorite games. When successful conquests bolster this pride, it gets beyond their control. They sacrifice all for the preservation of this lethal trait...
...once shared with the Marquise, has become so alien to him that when he does feel it once again, he shuns it. He is so afraid of exposing his Achilles heel--his real personality--that he alienates his true love in order to salvage his ego. As the plot advances, the characters become enmeshed in a web of deceit...