Geraint Wyn Davies and Shannon Taylor bring remarkable psychological depth to a big argument scene in The School for Scandal. ( Lynda Churilla )The School for ScandalBy Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by Antoni Cimolino. Article Continued BelowCimolino’s command of the material is evident from the production’s first moment, a cold open which has lead actor Geraint Wyn Davies wandering onstage in street clothes holding a smartphone. If all this added up to just surface it would feel like a long haul with insufficient payoff for present sensibilities. It’s Wyn Davies that provides the audience its emotional anchor: Sir Peter is the play’s lone straight-shooter, the only central figure who never dissembles.

Source: thestar June 04, 2017 20:15 UTC