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Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, with Robert Morley as the brutish Beadle, Eric Portman as Fagin, Inga Swenson as Rose, Newcomer Frederick Clark, 12, as Oliver...
...offered, under Basil Langton's direction, a 55th anniversary production of Sir James Barrie's classic fable for both children and adults, Peter Pan. As Peter, who has from Maude Adams to the present always been played for some reason by a woman, Miss Harris was captivatingly pixyish. Eric Portman might have brought more bravado to the traditional double role of the Father and Captain Hook. Ellis Rabb provided an unbeatably riotous Smee, an elaboration of the Starveling he did in Midsummer Night's Dream at Stratford a year ago. The production employed the original music of John Crooke, which...
Wellesley, Mass., Theater on the Green: Eric Portman doubles as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook, while Rosemary Harris as Peter has trouble with both in Peter...
...small wonder, then, that Rosemary Harris and Eric Portman should essay these famous roles; for they are both versatile and gifted performers...
...Eric Portman makes an excellent Captain Hook, thought one might wish that he occasionally played with more bravado, since the humor in this role is so meaty and the character is reminiscent of Malvolio in Twelfth Night. (The scene on the Pirate Ship, where Hook is duped by Peter and the orphan children is particularly reminiscent of the Garden Scene where Malvolio is duped by Sir Toby and his cohorts.) Mr. Portman, nevertheless, brings his own special qualities to the role...