... his English frequently unintelligible, particularly in his most passionate speeches. As Lady Macbeth, Mo Kipstine Hoeje also speaks in heavily accented English. Her odd stresses and pauses sometimes suggest that she learned her lines phonetically, with little ...

... while his two assistants seem to do little but loll about reading Proust to each other in French. The god himself does not speak for the first two-thirds of the play, with his thoughts voiced by an offstage actor. In fact, nothing really happens until ...

... pastoral scenes, which carries through to the finale of reconciliation. Its ten-strong cast have all mastered the rare skill of speak ing the verse with the clarity and natural style of conversation, using the small space and intimate relationship with the ...

... An ending marked by several ambi guities leaves the audience trying to figure out exactly what happened. The characters all speak in the formal diction of nineteenth- century novels, and this, combined with a mode that is more often narrative and presen ...

... sub stance, and this year's Cinderella (Laura Strachan) is no exception. Together with Nicky Adams as a feisty and plain-speaking Dandini and Caroline Head as a Prince Charming straight off the lacrosse field, this Is a trio bom to succeed. Juliet Prew ...

... . Virtually immobile, and forced for self-protection to be dispassionate and subdued, the character just stands there and speaks softly, and Harvey is sometimes unintelligible even in the small space. Gerald Berkowitz ...

... the bottle to keep on the comedy bandwagon for now. Lisa Martland Picture: Douglas Robertson Fluid simplicity--a scene from Speak for Yourself, part of NDT1's programme at the Playhouse, Edinburgh. ...

... daugh ter, talks of her dead mother, the missing piece in this bizarre family group, and her confinement in the bed. Both speak with intensity and energy allowing no time or silence between their mono logues. Communication between the two is almost impossible ...

... European performers and elements of opera, dance and spoken drama. The Korean actors are somewhat hampered by the need to speak some of their lines in English, and are strongest when freed from this obligation. A scene in which the former king is killed ...

... ations are also applied to dress, with each character wearing a dark suit but showing a liking for different shirts which speaks volumes about class and background. Hugh Vanstone's lighting is clean, white and brilliant. He works like an artist, with ...

... La Valse des Adieux Almeida For the first of five performances, a largely French-speaking audience was here to see film actor Jean- Louis Trintignant make his British stage debut with a reflective verse piece by the late Louis Aragon written in 1972, ...

... Also, the cast (Delene Gordon, Valentina Yakunina and Stewart Thomas) tend to be quiet and a bit monotone, while Yakunina speaks many lines in Russian interesting, but not really helpful in getting the story across. There is a lot of mime and dance, which ...