| Reading it in your post, and Ryhog's comments, I tend to agree that it's her measured, Jacksonian lexicon, i.e. she'll give Mantello his due: he fought the good fight. She loved Ken Russell for simply getting out of her way. I've found her relative silence on Mantello fascinating, since the production has been unanimously praised. I also wonder if she knew how good his direction was until it was rapturously received. She candidly admitted in the Times panel, "I've never seen the show from out front..." She's admitting that one cannot judge, locked into process, and the rehearsals were grueling, everyone conceded. |
