Word: treplev
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their failures weigh them down, or they are young, and they are only just seeing that their ambitions will be thwarted. Two years pass, and nothing has changed except that the characters are older, and more sure of their unhappiness. The cumulative effect of this sadness, culminating in Treplev's suicide, should be devastating...
...actors' problems are varied. Jack Gilpin, as the young writer Treplev, and Sarah Payne as Nina, the girl who leaves him for a more successful writer and a career on the stage, simply do not generate enough excitement as the principle characters. Some of the actors cannot convincingly portray characters who are supposed to be older than they are. Frank Leupold, as the old man, Sorin, exaggerates his senility too much to be effective. Scott Munerbrook, as the successful writer Trigorin, on the other hand, looks and acts too young for the part. There were, however, two fine performances...