tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post4011997380735380594..comments2024-02-25T13:05:49.232-05:00Comments on The More the Merrier (tmtm) with donna g: SummerWorks Review: 5 Stars for This Greek ONEdonna ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-35572748778105692632011-08-15T17:16:42.841-04:002011-08-15T17:16:42.841-04:00Dear Same Person,
After seeing this play and now r...Dear Same Person,<br />After seeing this play and now reading your comment, I plan on reading the play. If the lovers are supposed to be young, then why did this director chose to only make Euryidce a girl, but not depict Orpheus as a boy? Perhaps if both roles had been balanced Driscoll's performance wouldn't have been so off-putting. Then, again, maybe they both would have rubbed me donna ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774169458453037057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323857464079346328.post-10657636327987973712011-08-15T14:35:39.355-04:002011-08-15T14:35:39.355-04:00With Eurydice, it's hard to fault the director...With Eurydice, it's hard to fault the director working with such poor (my opinion) undramatic material. I've read the play before seeing this production and Ruhl has notes that the two lovers should be played unnaturally young (forget the exact wording). Also in the rather absurdist text, the passion between the lovers is rather abstract/talky... I never felt they belonged to each other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com