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Dana Bate is excellent as Marco, the older cousin, making the most of what could be a very colorless part. Francesca Solana has her moments as the niece, but she is frequently shrill and overly intense. She is at her best in her quieter moments. Margery Ziskind is unconvincing as the wife, Frank Langella also has his moments, but generally his characterizations is overdrawn...
Tranquillity is the most unlikely outcome of events in the Middle East, when one pistol shot can change so much and passions flare so easily in the hot sun. But things are now quieter-and on the whole, more stable-than in that churning week of July...
After a rather shaky first act, Miss Johnson settled down to a thoroughly competent rendition of the difficult part. She seems to have some difficulty coping with her quieter lines, but when she is called upon to convey a strong or powerful emotion she is equal to the task...
...quieter moods of such a song as Scarlet Ribbons he may stand perfectly straight, his head and shoulders pinned by the spotlight, lips eloquently pursed. In Sinner's Prayer, his face contorts in anguish; in Mark Twain it breaks wide in gutty laughter. When he attacks Love, Love Alone, a comic number, he often throws his arms wide, pivots in an arc from the waist and wobbles his head to the rhythm while he delivers the calypso lyrics with an impudent grin...
Fortunately, the role (and the play) is almost actorproof, and anyway Mr. Harvey was frequently satisfactory in quieter moments. In the supporting cast, Joseph O'Connor was an excellent Chorus, and Richard Wordsworth and Dudley Jones made more of Pistol and Fluellen than anybody, including Shakespeare, could have expected...