![]() ![]() The actors sauntered on in leisurely pace, speaking as if they were setting up for rehearsal and attending to the typical tasks of prepping to run a scene. I appreciated that there was no clear beginning to this piece. As a reference for students of theater seeking to study the genre of absurdist metatheatrical, however, it’s a prime example. No frills or interpretive lens heightened this piece. ![]() Rather, a philosophical debate occurs between the characters that makes the production feel more akin to rhetorical reasoning than anything a theater-goer might expect to see as “performance.” And while this absolutely seems the intent of Pirandello’s script (translation by Edward Storer), I found myself faced with a fairly blase interpretation of this famous script. ![]() There wasn’t a sense of leisurely viewing to be had in this play, nor does the script really allow for as much. I did not enter the theater and find myself dazzled by any spectacle, or grow rapidly engaged in the story unfolding on stage. First, that I did not find this play entertaining. ![]()
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