Aside from the unevenness of the acting, Drance's production has no consistent tone, shifting from comedy to drama to tragedy and back again. Not all of his interesting ideas are carried through: the first two acts have different performers playing Admetus and Alcestis which demonstrates the shift of 12 years; however, in the third act when Alcestis should be an old woman, the same actress who played her in her prime…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:11PM on June 19, 2021