Word: stagings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shifting Focus. Meanwhile, convinced that plenary sessions at this stage would merely encourage the delegations to stick stubbornly to their proclaimed positions, Chairman Richard shifted his focus. He held a series of bilateral talks to identify grounds for possible compromises and then persuaded the heads of the five delegations to discuss with him a specific date for Rhodesian independence. Although nothing substantive was decided at the first of the informal sessions-and though fixing a date would not get to the heart of those issues blocking a transfer of power-Richard at least got the delegation heads to sit literally...
Along with thematic shallowness, the play suffers from dramatic ineptitude. During one of their continuing series of brawls, Joey flings his crony Murph out of the audience's field of view. It takes Murph a full ten minutes to find his way back on stage, and when Joey, his curiosity rightfully piqued, grills him as to what could have occupied him for so long in the middle of the desolate night, Murph fails to provide an adequate answer. Not that the audience cares much. But it's kind of annoying to be faced with evidence of writer's block...
...Indian, functions as a mere punching bag, a prop that's hardly more human than the bus stop sign. His two-dimensionality is another flaw on the playwright's part, and about all Suchecki (who acts as well as directs) can do in this role is loiter on stage looking inane and pitiable...
...excellent performance as Pseudolus, obsessed with one thing: getting his freedom. He conceives a plot to get the girl for his master Hero and his life for himself, circumventing Roman tradition and the captain Miles Gloriosus (among others) in the process. Zax has about one sober moment on stage when, as Prologus, he sets the scene and asks for the blessing of Thespis. But there is a nuttiness in his eyes which leaves you with the feeling that he's not all that serious. It turns out that he wasn...
...point where sloppy acting or directing would be glaringly apparent, and the musical can simultaneously fall apart at the seams and flat on its face. The Grant-in-Aid production sales through this scene on a breeze. In the intricate finale, everyone scampers on and off the stage constantly and the all-important timing is perfect...