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...Viola, which contains a good deal of bravura, tends to overshadow the role of Olivia. But the latter is actually a much subtler part, and a harder one to do well. Yet Patricia Conolly's Olivia here is one of the three major roles in which Brandeis surpasses Startford. Conolly never loses a countess's proper carriage, nor does she violate the character's mellowness. In her first meeting with Viola, her veil is too transparent, but her timing in this scene is masterly. And on first seeing the twins together she can put a world of meaning into...
...Cross-Gartered Scene, I don't understand why Rabb changes each occurrence of Jove to God. And his costumer, like the Startford one, has skimped on the cross-gartering. In proper cross-gartering, it is not enough to enclose just the kneecap; the crisscrossing should go all the way down the leg to the foot, as in the well-known 18th-century Malvolio painting by Ramberg. In the Prison Scene it is poor staging that allows us to see only Malvolio's hands sticking through a basement window. Still, Rabb's is a portrayal to cherish, right...
...STARTFORD, Conn.--The most significant aspect of the current is the fact that it is playing in repertory with Julius Caesar (reviewed here in a previous issue), whose story it continues. Thus one has the rare opportunity of seeing the pair of plays in order--even, as I did, in the course...
Herein lies the Startford production's main shortcoming. Kathleen Dabney is attractive enough in her blue toga streaked with green, but she just doesn't give evidence of meriting her position as a leader of the Christian prisoners. Her Lavinia lacks fervor and intensity; and some of her lines don't ring true...
...Startford does, however, contain an enlightening lesson in movie merchandising. Alec Guinness is billed as its star. Once, Mr. Guinness rides by on a bicycle, waving. The other time he appears, he tells a young actor a few things about the trade. There was a line a block long outside the Kenmore...
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