iCyrano ’ strongest in four leads
By GLEN Bl'SHEY
Of the Emerald
The University Theatre production of
Cyrano de Bergerac alternates throughout
the evening between good theatre and
•good grief." The good moments in the
play all have something in common; they
are when the four leads are acting together
or alone. Roxanne. Christian, Ragueneau
and Cyrano are all very fine and they work
well together. The bad moments come
when the other characters (seemingly
hundreds of them) move in.
Ann Thomas Todd plays Roxanne, the
heroine. She is beautiful not only in ap
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pea ranee, but also in movement and
speech Roxanne has a scene where
Cyrano begs for a kiss. In our time
(compared to the 17th-century setting of
the play) this scene could appear
ridiculous. But Todd does a nice job of
making it believable.
Ragueneau. the baker, played by
Richard Hawkins, is not written as a big
part, but Richard makes it one. Scene two
opens with his singing, dancing and talking
with his pastry cooks, and he helps to
make this about the only group scene that
is enjoyable. He has several little bits that
he pulls off with professionalism.
Chip Balling plays the part of the young
iover. Christian. He docs well as the fool
“cursed with a pretty face.” He is required
to be strong and courageous at times, and
then moments later, to be weak and
helplessly in love. He swings back and
forth from these extremes with little
difficulty.
A large part of the play depends mi the
actor playing Cyrano. Martin Treat is this
actor, and he is excellent. He gives a
polished performance from his affected
walk to the tip of his large nose. Cyrano
has two long and rather repetitive
speeches, one about his nose, and the other
in which he says “no thank you" about 10
times within the lines.
Both of these monologues have a
potential for being very boring. Martin,
however, has made them thoroughly
delightful. In fact, whenever Martin is
turned loose on the stage, and doesn’t have
to battle against crowds, he is delightful.
Besides these four people, almost
everyone else in the cast of 50 is only fair.
The group scenes are especially weak. The
crowds do not act or react well together.
Almost every line during the first 15
minutes of the play is literally lost in the
crowd. The noise and numbers of the group
make it impossible to identify who is
talking or what is being said.
The crowd does become less chaotic
after Cyrano’s entrance. He has a line,
“You speak the first word of intelligence,”
and unfortunately it is very true.
I'T director Jean Cutler likes to oc
Photo by Poter Grant
easionally remind his audiences that they
are not really living the action on stage,
hut are only observers. “Cyrano” is no
exception. For scene changes, the lights
are brought up enough to see, and the
stage crew makes the scene shift. This
does make the audience remember that
they are at a play, but unfortunately, it
gives an unpolished look to the show.
“Cyrano de Bergerac” is not a bad show,
except when the crowds attempt to turn it
into a three-ring circus. The play will
continue its run this week with per
formances Wednesday through Saturday.
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