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Fluid Staging
"The Night Thoreau Spent in
Jail" requires very fluid staging and
Mr. McLaughlin has fulfilled this
requirement as well as I think is
possible on the Minor Hall stage,
which is much too small to
comfortably accommodate this play.
He has been aided by set director
David Weiss, who has added a
thrust to his raked, sectional stage
design, which is quite functional.
Mr. McLaughlin has, however,
committed a few unforgivable sins
in his handling of the play. For
instance, at one point in the first
act, he has Henry's cellmate sit
upstage by his cot whittling while a
scene is being played downstage. It
is almost as if Mr. McLaughlin were
intentionally trying to distract the
audience's attention from the
characters involved in the
downstage scene.
The Cavalier daily Wednesday, March 10, 1971 | ||