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Robert Icke likes to find the clean lines of classical drama in the murk of contemporary life.
Its handsome and well-acted, but whats positioned as a grand thought experiment quickly becomes slick and self-congratulatory.
Icke moves things to modern Britain, warping the situation around the red-hot issues of the current discourse.
Her private medical institute depends on wealthy donors as well as on government funding.
but Icke seems disdainful, turning identity into just another posture.
If you go after Icke on those terms, he has already built a defense.
According toStevenson, Icke is setting up a situation where nobodys right.
We can explore all the angles because its safe.
Icke directs his cast toward overseriousness and has staged the drama under grim fluorescent lighting.
His jokes tend to fall back on Wolffs insistence on proper grammar.
Shes a stickler for the difference betweenliterallyandfiguratively not exactly the freshest material.
Occasionally, we see her home life rendered in roughly generic terms.
Shes a regular on the British stage though rarely seen in New York.
Her delivery is perfect for bone-dry social satire.
But shes more intriguing when Wolff is set back on her heels and becomes self-reflective.
The Doctoris at Park Avenue Armory.
