A FINE SON
A SHORT STORY BY ROALD DAHL
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY JOHN BYRD
LIGHTNING STRIKES THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS THE PLAYBOY STORIES - 45 YEARS
OF FICTION IN THE FLESH
Place: Sanford Meisner Theatre 164 Eleventh Avenue New York, NY 10010 June 7-24, 2000 8:00 pm
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the off-off broadway review review by adrienne onofri
...The biggest surprise of the evening was Roald Dahl's A Fine Son, not only because the author is most identified with children's writing but also because of a killer twist ending. If only Off-Off-Broadway could generate the kind of buzz Hollywood did with The Sixth Sense, this would be the play that would have 'em talking. The climactic secret is revealed through cleverly choreographed interplay of dialogue and voiceover. Period details, from the costumes to the hospital ward setting to one man's sideburns, were nicely realized, too. (Adapted by John Byrd, directed by Keith Oncale)
