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Daily Archives: July 24, 2011
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a howling success at Shakespeare & Company
The Hound of the Baskervilles
By Steven Canny and John Nicholson
Directed by Tony Simotes
Cast: Jonathan Croy, Josh Aaron McCabe, Ryan Winkles
Reviewed by Lesley Ann Beck
[Lenox, Mass.]—The new Shakespeare & Company production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, a wacky adaptation by Steven Canny and John Nicholson of the classic Sherlock Holmes story, is laugh-out-loud funny from beginning to end. A deft directing job by Tony Simotes and terrific performances from Jonathan Croy, Josh Aaron McCabe, and Ryan Winkles had the audience howling with laughter. The Hound of the Baskervilles plays in Founders’ Theatre through September 4.
The three actors—aided and abetted by clever costumes, inventive props, an assortment of accents, and an amazing amount of energy—play sixteen roles in the side-splittingly funny production.
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