Friday, July 07, 2006

Twelfth Night

My wife and I saw the Georgia Shakespeare Festival's production of Twelfth Night tonight. I had read the play but had never seen a production. As usual, the company put on a great show. With one exception (also as usual), Crystal Dickinson, who played Olivia, was horrible in her role - completely unable to carry the part in a believable way. At this point I have seen her perform Shakespeare (four times - Macbeth, R&J, Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night), I have seen her perform Williams and I have seen her perform Chekhov. And in each case, she has performed exactly the same role. I have never seen a stage actor with less range.

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