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Genendel (Dinah Lynch) is
farcical but not shocking. It's
a crucial moment in what
should be a harrowing, Faus-
tian descent to hell.
When Teibele is caught in
flagrante delicto and spit on
by her rabbi, members of the
sparse opening night - au-
dience tittered.
But Mr. Anderson has made
awkward choices in details,
too. "Teibele" is pronounced
variously "Tie-bell" or Tie-
belle-eh." The pronunciation
apparently depends on
whether the speaker is being
familiar or formal. But to the
uninitiated listener it just
seems like some actors know
how to pronounce her name
and others don't.
Among the rest of the cast,
Dinah Lynch's breathlessly
superstitious Genendel is a
standout. With only a slight
jerk of her head, Ms. Lynch
tells us all about Genendel's
secret love for Menasha.
A thornier question arises
about the untraditional
casting of Tim Rhoze as
Menasha and John W. Hardy
as the rabbi. Among a cast
that speaks with convincing
Yiddish accents, neither of
these actors does. One is left
to infer uncomfortably that
the accents were beyond their
abilities. Indeed, why use
Yiddish accents at all? They
ground the play even more in
the specific reality of the
Polish shtetl, with which the
fantastic visual elements are
at odds. The play needs a
more delicate balance if it is
to work. ❑

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