As in the typical French farce, people are running in and out of doors, hiding in closets, confusing identities, sleeping in the wrong bed with the wrong person. In this case they are running up and down three flights of stairs, which on this stage are all on the same level.
Claire BrownellThe play, at Barrington Stage, which was directed by Sam Buntrock, starred Claire Brownell, Helen Cespedes, Carson Elrod, Matthew Greer, Richard Hollis, and Luke Smith.
Carson Elrod I'm sure that they are all fine actors but were encouraged by Mr. Buntrock to chew the scenery to a fare thee well.
Matthew GreerThe set was imaginative and confusing. Hanging above the set was a full sized set of stairs with a couple of doors, giving the audience the idea of the three stories of the house. The actual set was all on one level. Often the actors were supposed to be on different floors but were criss-crossing each other on the stage, pretending they were not seeing each other. They had to pretend to climb the stairs by clomping about on the level.
Richard HollisBusy, busy!
Luke SmithI did not see the Broadway original in the seventies but it only ran a couple of months.
Helen CespedesEveryone else seemed to enjoy it. I was just weary from all the running around without much of a plot to hang the energy on.
