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| Cast | |
| Shelly Levene | John McLaren |
| John Williamson | Stuart Keil |
| Richard Roma | Michael Martin |
| Dave Moss | Richard Self |
| George Aaronow | Roger Gollop |
| James Lingk | Mark Campbell |
| Baylen | Ian Long |
| Crew | |
| Stage Manager | Rebecca Mason |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Yvonne Golding |
| Set Design | Peter Griffin |
| Set Construction | John Vinnels, Ron Andrews |
| Properties | Tricia Morris |
| Lighting Design & Rig | Jerry McKeon, Christine McKeon, Michael Smith |
| Lighting & Sound Operation | Sarah O'Hanlon |
Preview
The real deal
Four real estate salesmen desperate to find buyers for their land or face the chop will go to any lengths to get a deal. Then the Glengarry list of the best property clients arrive - and it is up to them to get their hands on them. Set in 1980s Chicago, Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Peter Griffin, is at the Edward Alderton in Bexleyheath from next Saturday until May 16 (no performance on Sunday May 10). Tickets are £7 are are available from the box office on 020 8301 5584. For more information go to www.edwardalderton.org.
Bexley Times | 30 April 2009
Review
Strong performances sell testosterone fuelled show
A sharp and punchy production of David
Mamet's award-winning 1984 play about the murky tactics of real estate
sales was at the Edward Alderton Theatre last week, writes Steve
Spencer. Peter Griffin directed a strong cast for the production
of Glengarry Glen Ross, managing the complexities of Mamet's
nuanced and stuttering text with conviction and credibility.
The play focuses on four Chicago real estate salesmen and their
supervisor who work together (and often against each other) to sell
undesirable real estate at inflated prices. It is the end of the month
and emotions are running high as they vie to win the prized Cadillac
and avoid the sack for worst performance. We first meet the characters
in a Chinese restaurant wheeler-dealing and plotting to secure the top
prize. Levene (John McLaren) is desperate to salvage his floundering
career with the aid of Williamson (Stuart Keil), the office supremo
who assigns the salesmen their leads; Moss (Richard Self) bullies
Aaronow (Roger Gollop) into carrying out a break-in to steal leads;
while Roma (Michael Martin) browbeats Lingk (Mark Campbell), an
unwitting diner into closing a deal.
Peter Griffin's direction of the three vignettes showed a firm
understanding of Mamet's interest in language and communication:
individuals talk and listen but don't necessarily hear what is being
said; unfinished sentences reveal half-truths; pauses, a moment for
reflection for one becomes a chasm to be filled with more linguistic
garbage by another; interruptions and non-sequiturs abound; words are
clipped.
The minimalism of Act 1 gave over to a stunning and
"beautiful" symmetry in the real estate office of upturned
chairs, raided filing cabinets, strewn papers and far flung sales
ledgers (which earned a round of applause in its own right). Peter
Griffin teased out an array of testosterone, male posturing,
finger-wagging and palpable blood, sweat and tears as deals were
closed, tricks exposed and careers deposed with the aid of
investigator Baylen (Ian Long). All of this played out under the
approving gaze of Ronald Reagan's tiny presidential photo on the wall,
a timely reminder to the salesmen (and to us) of 80s Reaganomics.
With a uniformly solid cast, effective sound and cogent direction,
this was a splendid evening's entertainment. Well done EAT!
Steve Spencer
Kentish Times | 21 May 2009
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