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...Poets' Theatre, under guest director Otto Asherman, has given the play a vivacious production. All acting honors go to Patricia Guest (Aurora), a lovely young lady who displays all the stupidity, vanity, and carnality the role demands. Edward Thommen, who frequently directs shows at Poets', recovers early from a shaky start, where he seems self-conscious as the Victorian dandy, to exude high humor in the finale which he plays behind a stunning make-up job. Others in the cast include Catherine Huntington, Gail Kepner, Robert Leibacher, and John Coe. The last act set, the California patio scene, is designed...
...production is marvelous: Edward J. O'Callahan and Vivian Jarvis extract every ounce of mortality from the roles of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, while the performance of Richard Gediman as the Firechief is a real tour de force. Director Edward Thommen amazes us once again with the amount of movement he can make look natural on a small stage, and Ellen Booth's costumes and John Gilland's lighting are always appropriate. If you're interested in experimental theater, try a visit to 24 Palmer Street...
...characters seem alive and dramatically interesting enough to support a complex symbolic structure without lapsing into incomprehensibility. George Montgomery's new translation for the Poets' Theatre helps, because the words appear clear and musical even in the more difficult passages. Mr. Montgomery also designed the set which director Edward Thommen uses with great skill. Obviously a lot of talent went into the production, perhaps the finest one the Poets' Theatre staged during this season...
...action needs spiking with a few irrelevant laughs, which he gets by contemporary cynical asides to the audience. They rather destroy the continuing tone of the play, and therefore probably weaken more than strengthen. The best humor is milked from his straight and well-cooked dialogue, which director Edward Thommen exploits to the limit...
...appropriately pompous as Banderia, the promoter, while Edith Owen plays Marcia, Bandeira's "friend," with an acute feeling for the quiet sadness which the role demands. Gregory Lafayette skillfully keeps the rather intense college student from becoming annoying. The production also gains much from the direction of Edward Thommen, who shows real talent in making the theater's tiny stage appear uncluttered...