Word: allinson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Michael Allinson largely supports the play in his lead role as the successful mystery writer Andrew Wyke. Allinson struts around the stage like a long-legged bird secure on its own rocky turf, waving his arms and laughing from his belly while populating his imagination with his ace detective St. John Lord Merridew and a host of artful villains. Wyke's sixteenth century country house, the play's only set, is filled with bizarre paraphernalia. Among its pillars, arches, and cluttered bookcases sits a paper-mache automaton with a toothy smile. It laughs uproariously when Wyke activates it after each...
...CONVOLUTED DECEPTIONS sometimes surpass the cast's abilities. Curt Dawson's Tindle cannot maintain the timing and exuberance necessary to keep the robbery interesting, nor does he ever realize the vengeful anger his part demands. An incongruous airiness in Dawson's voice and the stiffness of his movements force Allinson to provide all the game's vitality, but it is difficult for him to do it all alone. Similarly Philip Farrar's Detective Doppler is lugubrious and meticulous without being convincing...