crald & Lantern '28 April '82

A Review

While There’s Hope, The Tedium Pervades

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by Libby Demp Forrest There is always hope. George Riley hopes one of

his inventions will eventually work."His daughter Linda hopes she'll soon

DURING REHEARSAL for this week's final performances of 'Enter a Free Man,' Steve Gris on, right, listens to Barbara RatUgan's lines while Jonathan Rabins, left, and Joe Grassl Jr. await their cues.

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escape from her dreap' existence as a salesgirl at Woolworth’s. And throughout the two-act Tom Stoppard ‘comedy,' produced by the Jersey Cape performing Arts Guild, there is stream-of-consciousness fortune cookie observations to work through as George hangs onto his dreams, trying to dispel the endless tedium of his life. Mariam Holzmer, as George’s wife Penelope, portrays the long-suffering spouse with quiet sympathy, as she dusts and vacuums and sweeps, while George expresses his irritation and anger.that life has passed him by. George's life consists of visits to the comer bar and returning home to the emptimess he has carved out for himself. George, played by Steve Grison, is both arrogant and pathetic, as he moves through his two domains presenting excuses, excuses, excuses for why he has never gotten anywhere. GEORGE IS dependent on handouts from daughter Linda (Jayne McAndrews) for the only vestige of dignity he still has, faithfully recording in his little notebook the running tab. Linda would like to get married and move out of the tiresome house she shares with her parents. Instead, she goes off to Woolworth’s each day, leaving mom and dad at home to shuffle through their lives. At the corner bar, George attempts to overcome the tedium by playing the Big Man. The barroom serves as an arena where George is freed from his domestic routine while sparing with the habitat. There is barman Carmen (played by Joe Grassi, Jr); Harry, a wheelerdealer, who George believes will become his busifiess partner; Able, a Na/y officer (Jonathan Rubins) who politely listens to George’s outpourings; Florence (Barbara Rattigan), a lady of the evening, garbed in an off-the-shoulder dress, who evokes George’s desires for long-ago,consorting; and Brown (John Vernon, Sr.), who stopped by for a quick one on the way home and gets interrogated by George. THE DUAL SET. consisting of a red and white checkerboard floored barroom, and the drab Riley livingroom allow the cast (Page 28 Please)

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