I agree that Weaver seemed to be acting in a totally different play from everyone else. I also agree with you that Martin was a very talented director, and I speculate that your second hypothesis may be correct: Weaver was a big star and a box office draw, and the playwright was happy with what she was doing, so Martin let her do it in a certain way. When Julie White took over, her interpretation was much more integrated with that of the rest of the cast, so I don't think that Martin necessarily felt that Weaver's choices were the "correct" ones.
For myself, whatever Weaver was trying to do didn't work, whether the issue was the concept or the execution. |
