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...SUPERB ACTING in the midst of fine direction is the most impressive aspect of this production. Moore, as the self-assured and occasionally snide King Richard II, and John of Gaunt (Stephen Gutwillig) give command performances. Moore is especially powerful in Act III when Richard hears his troops have deserted him. His acting captivates the viewer as he kneels in the flashlit room speaking to the ground and questioning the "destined doom" of a king "within whose crown lies death's court" and desperately cries out, "I am a human, too." Again, Moore commands the stage during his resignation scene...
...best when he is the irate red-faced Mowbray defending himself from murder accusation in Act I. Nicholas 'Davis also plays three roles but succeeds most at Sir John Bushy, a flaky favorite of Richard who flits about with a brightly colored silk scarf. Kristin Gasser is superb as the forlorn and lonely Queen to Richard who suffers from "nameless woe." Gasser is particularly effective in her final departure scenes with Richard. Jennifer Burton, Diane Paulus and Caroline Bicks occasionally succumb to overacting and have yet to master the art of walking like men, but are strong characters overall...
...Genesis for the paperback version). Joseph is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, and is taken to Egypt, where, in the the first known Horatio Alger story, he rises to the top and ends up saving his now repentant brothers. Mark Meredith as Joseph has a superb voice and just enough of the pretty boy look about him to make his putting on sunglasses look like a scene from Risky Business. The one petty fault with his performance is that he looks too much the dreamer even for Joseph, with his eyes and facial expression always...
...Corcoran is a superb player," Harvard Coach John Dooley said...
...Nelligan manages to redeem herself with bombast, Malkovich as her less-than-saintly son is an utter bombastic disappointment. Where Malkovitch was superb in earlier off-beat roles as the photographer in The Killing Fields and the blind boarder in Places in the Heart, his portrayal of Gage is shamefully one-sided and wholly unappealing. Brooding both in his personal and professional lives, he would seem an unlikely candidate for the type of altruistic soul-searching chronicled in the book and the film. Even his rigorous investigative reporting, which includes pulling a gun on his mother's executioner, would seem...