![]() Instead of faces, we saw the lights, busily creating the fire effect for the other spectators. At first, from a vantage point on the south, this added the intended intimacy, which is also encouraged by D Martyn Bookwalter’s canopy of greenery covering the entire hall.īut during the last act, from a seat on the new north side, there were problems with sight lines-most notably when the entire cast looks at the light from a distant forest fire, with backs turned toward those of us on the north. The talk is punctuated with brief bursts of physical comedy and telling non-verbal details, as when Serebryakov keeps eating his lunch while everyone else is paying rapt attention to the Wood Demon’s save-the-forest speech.įor the first time, the Taper has become an arena stage, with a small section of seating on the north side. Dwyer’s staging never appears wayward or uncertain. ![]() Each role has been cast with at least two actors, so the composition of the cast is likely to change at each performance. ![]() The company worked on this project for three years-about 10 times longer than the time spent on most Taper projects. An earlier translator used “non-stop writing machine,” which might work better for a non-Latin-speaking audience. Only one quibble comes to mind-Zhorzh insults Professor Serebryakov by calling him a perpetuum mobile. ![]() ![]() The agonies and ecstasies of these people are keenly expressed in this spirited new translation by two Antaeus members, Nicholas Saunders and Frank Dwyer. ![]()
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