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...broad, limerick-like verse. This is by no means helped by the shortcomings of the production’s actors. There exist plenty of prose translations of Amphitryon; why director Darko Tresnjak didn’t opt for one of these remains a mystery. When not trying to read Wilbur??€™s poetry as one might read a Shell Sylverstein poem, the actors stumble through the lines as though they were written in prose. What seems like an attempt to stay true to the spirit of Molière’s original script ultimately comes across as something...
...major players in the central conflict—Amphitryon, Alcmena and Zeus—have maybe one fully developed character between the three of them. Most of their time on stage is spent ploughing steadfastly and inappropriately through Wilbur??€™s verse...
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