| The
Town Cow Theater Company impressively beats the
odds and presents a lucid and remarkably clear telling of
a rich man’s climb into poverty...
While many plays produced are in need of work, “Timon”
is near the top and should be considered a 400 year old
work in progress...Thomas Caron has given the work an
overview and through line...The stage is in a sheltered
area of Anne Chamberlin Park with a sufficient wooded
area. Mr. Caron has worked the stage area well, utilizing
these back woods as Timon’s house, and even has
Timon in Davy Crocket skins climbing a tree to the rear
of the audience, matching the action with his tirades.
Tracy Wall designed the costumes which confirm a solid
Sturbridge village theme...
“Timon” is still
highly theatrical and still delivers a powerful message.
Mr. Caron plays the lead with a crafted eerie disregard
of others, fused with an inner energy allowing Timon to
control the stage. We are watching Mr. Caron for his next
move which progresses at his dictated pace. The other
characters are in awe of Timon as are the actors of Mr.
Caron. Lida McGirr as the Steward displays a steady loyalty
and a resigned faithfulness to Timon that is not deserved.
She positions herself as a loyal dog awaiting, trying
to interject order while there is still time. Her poignant
moment at the end of this play, merely watching, conveys
her failure to reach a man she feels she should have been
able to influence...”
Joe Coyne
THE THEATER MIRROR, New England's LIVE
Theater Guide
|
|
|
THE LIFE OF TIMON OF ATHENS
At
Anne Chamberlin Park in Concord,
Mass. is the Town Cow Theater Company's production of
Shakespeare's "The Life of Timon of Athens."
One of the Bard's last and least performed plays... It's
been vigorously produced and directed by Thomas Caron,
who also gives a strong and commanding performance in
the title role, with fine assistance from Lida McGirr
as his unwavering and faithful servant and David Dickinson
and Kerrie Miller as false "friends." Regrettably,
several of the remaining minor roles were often performed
either unevenly or awkwardly! Reset in mid-19th century
New England, with fine period costumes designed by Tracy
Wall, the severely modest set, a simple rustic wooden
table with two benches, in front of an unadorned ebony
drapery, is effectively utilized throughout. Unfortunately,
Caron's overly stark facial make-up as a recluse, (his
features bizarrely divided, half natural, half painted
black, with white accents ) proved to be substantially
distracting!
Review
by Norm Gross
The PMP Network
|
|
