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...doubt a one-of-a-kind imagination. The study of medieval romances consumed him as an undergraduate, and even as a boy he dreamed of someday helping an oppressed people to free themselves. The Arab campaign gave Lawrence his own modern Crusade, Mack says, and the Turks became the dragon for this latter-day St. George to slay...
...Dragon. Yevgeny Schwarz's allegory about dictatorship in the Soviet Union in 1943. A nice fairy tale, with a happy ending. Worth seeing, but don't plan to do anything afterwards--it's three hours long. At Currier House May 6-8 at 8 p.m. Tickets $1.75 at Holyoke Center...
...whole, the acting in The Dragon is excellent. Jonathan Epstein, as Lancelot, is properly virtuous, if a bit given to pregnant pauses between his lines. The only time the three-hour show really drags badly is during his pseudo-death scene, which lasts a long 15 minutes instead of five or ten. But perhaps that's how Lancelot should be: a little too virtuous to avoid those long and tedious soliloquies. It isn't easy, after all, to make completely believable a character who tells the maiden he has not seen in a year that he came back a month...
...actors who play the dictators are more impressive. Alexander Wells, as the three-headed dragon, changes his character slightly each time he changes faces. First as a self-satisfied military officer, then as cowardly tyrant, and finally as a simpering, giggling despot who knows he has crippled the souls of his people, Wells is a perfect villain. David Reiffel is equally good in his role as the not-quite-sane mayor, who switches mental illnesses to suit the moment. Charles Weinstein, as the mayor's conniving son who gives up his fiancee to the dragon in return for a position...
...TRUE fairy tale style, The Dragon relies on the dynamics of a few major characters against the background of simple but peace-loving folk. With a few exceptions, the members of the supporting cast play their unassuming roles well without detracting from the heroic figures of the leads...