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Twelfth Night. by William Shakespeare. Directed by Andy Rimmer One
of Shakespeare's popular comedies, this is a play about complications and
mistaken identities. Abi
Taziker played a very competent Viola/Cesario, taking on the identity of the
twin brother she supposed had drowned. She was able to depict the nuances of
male/female role extremely well. As Sebastian her brother, Nick Moore looked the
part but had a tendency to rush his lines which resulted in some loss of
dialogue. Nick
Heritage was a superb Feste and played the comedy to perfection, including
having a very melodious singing voice, which enhanced his performance. Tony Long
and Peter Sawyer as Sir Toby and Sir Andrew respectively were both skilled and
added to the comedy. However, by cutting the duel between Cesario and Sir
Andrew, a great opportunity was missed for the humorous element. Graham Sinclair
Jones was a superb Malvolio, able to elicit the sympathy of the audience as well
as their laughter at his outrageous antics. John Poole played the lovelorn
Orsino and Julia Roitt made a delightful Olivia. The
very cleverly crafted set added to the atmosphere of the play and the lighting
enabled the scenes to change without any change of set. The costumes were
sumptuous and a splendid performance on the lute by Edward Fitzgibbon aided what
was a very professional evening. Shakespeare
is not easy for amateurs to perform but the Thame Players offered a capital
evening's entertainment. Rita Carpenter - Bucks Free Press |
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