Jason Robards - Erie
Jack Dodson - Night Clerk
Jason Robards was a great O'Neill actor, Jack Dodson, the only thing I ever saw him in was as Howard Sprague on the Andy Griffiths Show. I think this is the audio of the stage performance that was shown on Great Performances more than thirty years ago. It works really well as an audio play because it's mostly the monologue of Erie with a little bit of interaction with Hughes, the night clerk who has a few short monologues himself.
I've been binging on O'Neill and needed something a little more upbeat. When he was writing his first plays, his father, the famous actor James O'Neill asked him if he were trying to get his audience to go home and commit suicide.
" ...His father, the famous actor James O'Neill asked him if he were trying to get his audience to go home and commit suicide."
ReplyDeleteHow a propos, Sparkles -- your few readers are convinced that's your motivation here, too.
In that case, I'll try harder. In your case, at least.
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