The Cavalier daily Wednesday, December 8, 1971 | ||
Morally Right
Martha Gipson is quite
lovely and refined as Steele's
oh-so-proper wife who doesn't
feel it's morally right for her
to take a lover as long as her
husband has one. Ken Lambert,
plays her would-be companion,
in sin, and is very amusing in
his self-esteemed virility and
savoir fair-the archetype of
the great lovers of history.
As Miss Gipson's feminine
accomplice in the plot to trap
her husband, Carol Hurlburt
has a face that's made for
farce, and she does the most
with it. Randy Oglesby, as her
incensed Spanish husband, is a
study in hypertension - a fine,
funny "redskin" on the
warpath to protect what is
rightfully his. And in the
play's most unique
characterization, John Eure is
a joy as a misunderstood
fellow with a cleft palate
which causes him quite a bit of
trouble.
Of the rest, Mark Hattan as
a horny Prussian trying to get
his hands on a Fraulein. Kiki
Smith as the maid at the
ill-reputed hotel where
everyone ends up in the wild
second act, Tony Gilbert as a
grotesque employee of the
hotel. Charles Rittenhouse as
an obliging doctor, Tom
Bunch as the hotel proprietor,
and Sandi Steele as his wife
who gets trampled are all
wonderful.
The Cavalier daily Wednesday, December 8, 1971 | ||