Play was electrifying...
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| Wed, 05-21-2003 - 12:53am |
The play ended at 11:15pm. With two 15minute intermissions, the actors were on stage at least 3.5 hours. Yet, they seemed as fresh in the third act as they did in the first. Extraordinary performances from all the cast. There seems to be more comic elements in this production.
In Act III, Vanessa R. comes out dressed in a turn of the century muslim dress with bustle ruffles in the back. She is wearing a light blue shawl, and carrying a wedding dress. The last scene where Mary Tyrone hallucinates about her desire to be a nun, and her marriage is one of the best I have ever experienced. When the curtain came down, everyone got up and applauded, shouting Bravo, Brava.
I walked out with DS who kept talking about the words since he had read the play , but never seen it on stage. I said very little. I knew I needed to "collect my thoughts in tranquility" as the poet said. In that scene, Vanessa R. was evoking every woman who has loved a man but only "for a time."
On another note: Patricia Neal was sitting two rows in front of us. You can recognize the face, but she walks with a cane and bent over. As I recall she had
a stroke. DS said to her, "Thank you for Fountainhead" as she walked passed us and she smiled.
I am going to have a cup of herb tea and relax a little before going to bed.
Exhausted
Hope

I'm behind in reading posts, so I might have missed it in n earlier post but what was the name of the play?
Val
Lanie
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Have a good day............BB
Enjoy today!
Francine