Word: sorin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...constant changes of character do justice to the often excellent acting. Only Page Leong (Nina and Masha) really seems comfortable with the constant transitions, managing to define and distinguish her two roles without overacting. Shishir Kurup solves this conundrum by hamming up Sorin so that he can play Taper/Trigorin with deadpan nonchalance. Christopher Liam Moore, on the other hand, makes little distinction at all between Cam/Konstantin and Simon/Medviedenko. As with other aspects of the play, enormous promise, here in the form of fine acting, is ultimately undermined by taking dramatic conceits like these schizoid duos...
Among the other actors, Jeremy Geidt stands out as Sorin, Arkadina's brother. Geidt's substantial stage presence gives Sorin more weight than the character usually possesses. Geidt provides some of the funniest moments in the play...