THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS–THE BEST ACTING I HAVE EVER SEEN?

THE AYCKBOURN PLAYS—THE BEST ACTING I HAVE EVER SEEN? I think yes. Of course the demands of the plays on the actors are astounding—over twenty hours of dialogue for only two actors. Each actor created three major characters and several minor characters. The comic timing, the line readings, the shifts in mood and the precision of the emotions—all were brilliant. Maybe the best evidence is that I heard one lady saying at the end of the show that she didn’t realize that there were only two actors playing six parts until the curtain call when only two actors came out to take a bow. The two actors are: Bill Champion and Claudia Elmhirst.