If you’ve read “Vanity Fair,” William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 satirical novel of manners, you’ll recognize the two lead characters in Kate Hamill’s play adapt…
If you’ve read “Vanity Fair,” William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 satirical novel of manners, you’ll recognize the two lead characters in Kate Hamill’s play adaptation, now onstage at Scripps Ranch Theatre.
San Diego’s Cygnet Theatre produced Hamill’s “Pride and Prejudice” in 2019 in a wild and wacky production. Comparing the two scripts, Hamill’s “Vanity Fair” isn’t quite as well-written, with a slow-to-engage opening scene and some of the book’s final plot threads unresolved. But it’s still funny and entertaining.
All of the 900-page novel’s other principal characters are played by just five actors. The play is presented within the framework of a pre-Victorian theatrical, with the show manager, played by Dagmar Krause Fields, directly addressing the audience at times to explain the social mores of the time and the challenges women faced. To fuse past and present, director Ritz has Austin and Macias sing contemporary pop songs to reflect their inner emotions.
Among his many characters, Justin Lang shines most as the noble William Dobbins, who pines desperately for Amelia. Parth Kichloo plays a lovable bad boy as Rawdon Crawley, Becky’s husband, among others. And Sara Blanche Hayes and Mashun Tucker alternate in many serious and funny roles to round out the cast.
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