Word: shanleyã
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...playwright John Patrick Shanley??s own words, “Life happens when the tectonic power of your speechless soul breaks through the dead habits of the mind. ‘Doubt’ is nothing less than an opportunity to reenter the Present.” That’s a tall order for any play, particularly one that clocks in at about an hour and a half. So it feels odd to say that “Doubt” should be tighter, quicker, faster-paced–anything to wake up the play?...
...Even though pacing is normally under the director’s purview, in this case it seems inappropriate to assign the blame to Hughes. His direction draws crisp lines through the drama that highlight Shanley??s straightforward storytelling, and each character’s journey appears both distinct from and part of the murky moral scenery—all admirable directorial achievements...
...fourth and final strand of Shanley??s dramatic web, the violated student’s mother (Caroline Steffanie Clay), crosses the other characters only once, in a ten-minute scene that also earned original star Adriane Lennox a Tony Award. Unlike Lennox’s acting, Clay’s is weak, and despite the high emotion written into the role, her performance is neither shocking nor compelling. However, her scene is isolated enough from the rest of the play not to affect the story arc too detrimentally, and she is by no means incompetent...
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