Word: woosters
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...transforms himself. Duke's expert manipulation of body language, speech patterns and facial expressions allow the audience to follow easily as he moves from one character to the next. And whether he plays Jeeves with his impeccable British accent and completely upright posture, or whether slouching and guffawing as Wooster or whether he carelessly holds a cigarette while gesticulating wildly as Florence, Duke always manages to make the audience forget that he is only one man playing a variety of roles...
Although there are several characters in the show, Jeeves, or Wooster, is always the narrator. The humor that Duke uses in portraying them is definitely the glue that keeps this show together. Both Jeeves'--and Wooster's--running commentary on the present action keeps the audience roaring...
...When Wooster tells the story about how he and his former fiancee, Florence Cray, try to steal his uncle Willoughby's manuscript and are foiled by his uncle and Edwin, the boy scout, the audience engages in non-stop laughter. Wooster's description of his uncle trying to make him confess is particularly hilarious. Wooster says: "It was most disgusting spectacle--this white-haired man who should have been thinking of the hereafter stood there lying like an actor...
...ending of the play, however, is slightly disappointing. While the bit about Gussie Fink-Nottle getting drunk for the first time and then handing out academic awards to small children is amusing, the parts in which Wooster bursts into song run a little long...
...Wooster's rendition of "Sonny Boy," accompanied with tap dancing, was done with enough finesse to warrant a snicker, but by the time he started into "Every Cloud Has a Silver lining," the snicker had faded to a grunt. Duke builds up an expectation for greatness that is just not realized. The rest of the play moves at such a schizophrenic pace that this sluggish type of ending leaves a bad taste in the mouth...