A Touch of the Poet [B-]

This is a good performance of a good play. To my mind, it's a great 15 minute play, preceded by a mediocre 2 hour and 30 minute prologue. The last 15 minutes of this show is wonderful. It's interesting, insightful, moving; and it gives you a chance to marvel at the beautiful wording of O'Neill. The rest of the show is worded nicely too, but it move along slowly, and I found my mind wandering - admittedly, the author has a lot of background to build up before he can loose those final 15 minutes on us. All in all, I found it quite a worthwhile evening.