ZASTROZZI
Zastrozzi is seeking revenge against the artist Verezzi, who apparently had something to do with the brutal murder of Zastrozzi’s mother. The crazed Verezzi maintains that Zastrozzi is merely a figment of his assistant Victor’s imagination; it is Victor’s cunning that has allowed them to escape Zastrozzi for the past three years.
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If Alec Wild and Folio Theatre can be faulted in their production, it’s for sticking too faithfully to Walker’s text. The actors speak their lines as if they were performing a classic text of Western drama, an approach that serves some scenes well but undercuts others. Some of the wordier and more self-consciously philosophical passages might have worked better if they were played as parody; some of Folio’s deadpan interpretation inspires more sniggers than intelligent debate.
