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Post by Jan on Jun 29, 2022 20:39:16 GMT
The Marivaux play from 1724. This is very good - acting, direction and the translation all first class. A genuinely amusing cynical comedy. Recommended.
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Post by Dave B on Jul 17, 2022 9:14:39 GMT
We saw this yesterday afternoon and it was a lot of fun. The cast were just excellent and all seemed to be having a blast with it. Some roles that just let them have fun and talk to the audience in asides. A cynical comedy is a really good description. I think this is the best the OT have put on in a while.
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Post by Steve on Jul 21, 2022 16:52:19 GMT
Just got out of this and loved it! Lucky to see it really as my original booking for two weeks ago was cancelled due to Covid, but the Box office were really helpful, exchanging the ticket for today and even allocating me a seat better than the one I initially booked. As Jan says, a very cynical comedy, with only one uncynical character: Phoebe Pryce's Countess, and thank goodness for her, or there would be no rooting interest at all lol! Some spoilers follow. . . It's basically like a 1775 version of "Love Island," where the majority of the cast are just in it for money (hard cash or as we refer to it today: Instagram profile), but there is this one precious character who actually means what she says about love and isn't in it to bilk it. The director is plainly more sentimental than either Marivaux or Crimp because the final flourish of this production is wholeheartedly romantic, the sort of audience pleasing delusion that warms the cockles of your heart and renews the "Love Island/cynical love play" formula for the next two hundred years lol. Phoebe Pryce's breathy-forceful emotionally-invested wholesomeness is utterly delightful! And the array of cynical love fakes all around her are very funny, with the arrant knavery of Julian Moore-Cook splendidly villainous (aka Luca in the current Love Island, if you're watching ), the machievellian mastery of Lizzy Watts as smooth as butter (Ekin-su in the current Love Island) and the brazen honesty of Will Brown's Trivelin's blundering Harlequinesque greed the funniest of all (Andrew in the current Love Island)! Anyway, a good laugh, a great follow-up to "Lottery of Love," the previous Marivaux they did here, and as far as Crimp goes at this venue, Lizzy Watts's character finally gets some justice after the haunting horror of "Dealing with Clair." Four stars of fun from me.  |
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