Theatre review: Glengarry Glen Ross.
By Claire Henderson
Saturday 17 November 2012
CLWYD Theatr Cymru’s newest production, Glengarry Glen Ross,
is an adaption of the 1984 play, written by David Mamet, which was made into a
film in 1992 staring Al Pacino and other well-known actors.
It shows the viewers from the very beginning, a dog-eat-dog
world, full of pressure and standards, with men who will do anything, even lie
and steal to get to the top and make a fast buck.
Act one opens, two men sitting in a Chinese restaurant at a
banquet table having a heated conversation. Sales man, Levegne (David
Shaw-Parker) on the decline tries everything he can, even bribery, to get his
colleague Williamson (Sion Pritchard) to give him better sales leads.
Each of the salesmen are revealed within this slow revolving
banquette table. Two characters at a time act out a dialogue, giving the
audience insight to each of them and what they would do to get to the top.
After the interval, we are return to a new set. Papers
strewn across the floor and the phones are gone. A robbery has happened and the
salesmen must face Police Officer Baylen (Kai Owen). But who burgled the
office? And how did Levegne get his selling skills back?
Money for themselves is all that matters, with no
consideration for the buyers who may not be able to afford the house they were
persuaded to buy. A buyer who has gotten cold feet over the three-day cool-off
period has changed his mind, and the guys will do anything to change his mind
back.
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