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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

 

A Different View

When you go to see a play and the queue for spare tickets is reaching up the stairs from the box office, you know you're on to a good thing. When this particular showing is a matinee, you're dealing with a minor phenomenon. That's what it was like at A View from the Bridge in the Gate this weekend. The play itself was excellent, it's a really intense family drama. The actors all stand together in terms of excellence, though for pure brooding magnetism everyone's eyes were on Christopher Meloni who plays Eddie Carbone. It reminded me of watching Marlon Brando in the film adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. He's a big guy but he seems to be trapped in his surroundings, in his relationship with his family and inside his own head. He's a mass of contradictions and uncertainties, turned in against his own loved ones. It's genuinely stunning to watch him, whether he's peeling an apple or threatening someone with a bottle of scotch.

But I'm clearly gushing now so I'll just end by saying, Best Play in Yonks!

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