Wild Goose Chase review
Jun. 30th, 2011 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearLast night, Dave and I took our third or fourth trip to the White Bear Theatre, this time not exactly for a Restoration comedy, but for a similar beast from a century before - The Wild Goose Chase by John Fletcher.
As always, the cast were excellent and the dialogue very witty (though a lot dirtier than in later plays - not necessarily a bad thing!). I particularly liked the staging, which involved mostly modern dress, use of mobile phones, pizza boxes, modern music, and the watching of a DVD - all in complete contrast to the period dialogue, and yet it worked extremely well.
The story, as ever in these kinds of plays, was utterly ridiculous, revolving around three couples and their various machinations in pursuit of marriage without losing the upper hand over their intended partner. This resulted in much barbed banter, mean tricks, and concealing of true feelings, before the ultimately 'happy' conclusion.
Best line: "Cry seriously, as though you had lost your monkey!"
Lots of fun.
As always, the cast were excellent and the dialogue very witty (though a lot dirtier than in later plays - not necessarily a bad thing!). I particularly liked the staging, which involved mostly modern dress, use of mobile phones, pizza boxes, modern music, and the watching of a DVD - all in complete contrast to the period dialogue, and yet it worked extremely well.
The story, as ever in these kinds of plays, was utterly ridiculous, revolving around three couples and their various machinations in pursuit of marriage without losing the upper hand over their intended partner. This resulted in much barbed banter, mean tricks, and concealing of true feelings, before the ultimately 'happy' conclusion.
Best line: "Cry seriously, as though you had lost your monkey!"
Lots of fun.
