I spent a very enjoyable Sunday afternoon. Part of that time was spent watching a DVD of a play that was, naturally, filmed for educational purposes only. I should have watched this DVD several weeks ago, but as they say - it is never too late. The production was very well done, in spite of the fact that the script was extremely dated. I am thinking that the buzz words "Ways and Means" were pretty new to most people, but is rather a dated term today.
The dated script did not prevent the production from landing a great many very solid belly-laughs. The success was do largely to a very talented cast. Unfortunately, a program from the production was not included with the educational DVD. Still I enjoyed all of the cast members' performances, but several really stood out The gentleman who played the son-in-law, Charlie left me cold for the first few minutes of the play, but that seemed more the fault of the script rather than the actor In fact, he turned out to be a very solid comedic actor. Still the success or failure of this play rests in the hands of the male lead, and in this production the actor in that role truly delivered. This actor was obviously a seasoned veteran. He possessed a superb comic timing and was a master of the "take."
A very enjoyable DVD.
