While I enjoyed Mr Creel's performance - he's always more than fine in everything he does. But I quibble with calling his Cornelius 'peerless', which means 'inimitable, incomparable, unsurpassable'.
For my taste, both Cornelius and Barnaby were wide eyed, youthful, and energetic - but I didn't get much sense of character. As originally imagined Barnaby was the eager wide eye young one, Cornelius quirkier, maybe a but more knowing. And as created by Charles Nelson Reilly and Jerry Dodge, much funnier, and ultimately much more winning. I think Mr Nelson Reilly was peerless. Mr Creel was very fine indeed. |
