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...salt of the earth, with which even the least courageous of British imperialists could hope to manage to rule the waves--make him an ideal antihero: he'd stand out even more if the rest of the cast, right down to the chorus, weren't so fine. Joshua J. Zimmerberg wheezes through his old retainer's role in high style. Kerry McCarthy is as good, as Rose Maybud, the soprano. And Douglas H. Hunt, as Fuller's foster-brother, trying to avoid his Ruddigorish fate without needing to die early, is just remarkable--perfectly solemn and apparently joyfully...
...singing. The cast handles difficult recitative with ease and grace, which adds remarkably to the play, for badly done recitative can sound terribly awkward. Supported by a large, but largely mediocre orchestra, the cast sings out with strength and clarity over what is occasionally a great noise. Fuller, Joshua Zimmerberg, and B. Craumer begin a bright acapello introduction to "A British Tar" soured by the entrance of some badly tuned violins. Fuller and Jeffrey Davis as the Lord Admiral are the most impressive voices, although Landis and Eden Murray are very successful...
Rhoda H. Whitman of Jordan J Hall; Betty Zimmerberg of South House and Bronx, New York...
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