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OPERATIONS: Sue Aitkin (Computer Chief); Susan L. Blair (Copy Chief); Stephen F. Demeter (Systems Manager); Gail Music (Production Manager); Judith Anne Paul, Joseph J. Scafidi, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Trang Ba Chuong, Theresa Kelliher, Suzi Romanik, L. Rufino- Armstrong, Lee R. Sparks (Supervisors); Ted Alban, Frances Bander, Robert L. Becker, Minda Bikman, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Silvia Castaeda Contreras, Barbara Collier, Kenneth Collura, Barbara Dudley Davis, Osmar Escalona, Dora Fairchild, Evelyn Hannon, Garry Hearne, Judith Kales, Sharon Kapnick, Kevin Kelly, Claire Knopf, Agustin Lamboy, Gyavira Lasana, Jeannine Laverty, Marcia L. Love, Janet L. Lugo, Peter J. McGullam, Peter...
During the nightly entertainment show run by Head Sycophant, Chief Redcoat Riley (Peter Becker), Ken picks a fight with the less-than-tactful Riley for hitting his pregnant wife, causing general mayhem in the process. Erpingham, who stands for no such disturbances, promptly refuses to feed his campers and locks them within the grounds. In the classic rags-to-riches mode, Ken, with some help from Ted, leads a revolution against the director, and what follows is typically brutal Orton entropy...
...most part, Raphael elicits terrific performances from his no-holds-barred cast. Becker, Ocko, and Galland are all wonderfully loony tune and daffy in their roles, hamming it up to the hilt yet without excess. And Lindley, Logue and Linus Gelber are solid in their supporting roles as Erpingham sidekicks. The two best performances are those of Zelman and Gunn. In particular, Zelman plays Kenny with a hilarious bravado that energizes the entire show. It is in his scenes that The Erpingham Camp shifts into full farce flight...
...first impulse was to put an ad in the Houston Chronicle for a top-notch doubles partner, but that wouldn't have been fair. And since Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker didn't return my calls, I settled on one of my old friends...
Euripides' tragedy, taken here at a wickedly fast pace, follows the fierce, vengeful exploits of the god Dionysus (Peter Becker). Disguised as a man, he has come to the ancient city of Thebes to humble and destroy those who have scorned the power of his father Zeus...