"This production...never does cohere, despite plenty of persuasive acting"
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"blends gently drawn pathos and delicate comedy in roughly equal and satisfying measure."
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"It may be an authentic representation of the Catholic upper class, but as drama it’s deadly."
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“As it moves from a wedding that nobody seems to want to a funeral that signals the end of an era, 'Aristocrats' becomes a landscape portrait of sorrow, its figures illuminated by the playwright's penetrating insights and deep reserves of empathy. Gesturing to the house, Casimir tells Eamon, ‘I think you understand what it has done to all of us.’ Thanks to Friel, the damage is exquisitely inventoried."
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"a little less well made than other Friels."
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"Brian Friel's Ballybeg aristos face reduced circumstances, with varying degrees of grace"
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"...there is no passion in this Big House. I guess that was absorbed, too."
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"This is a production filled with good intentions that misses the mark."
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