…This first layer of the story is fascinating, with Stan playing Edwrard playing Guy playing Edward, and crushing it. He threads a precise needle with this performance in which he is very visibly still the same man he was but can project confidence while never letting anyone know whom he was before –even going so far as to strike up a relationship with Ingrid without letting her know who he is.
This dichotomy is fascinating to watch as Stan creates two distinct body languages and switches between them at the drop of a hat, sometimes within the same scene. It’s a masterclass of the subtleties of physical acting, and that’s before the introduction of Oswald (Adam Pearson) to the story, a disarming Brit who stumbles onto the play because as a man with Neurofibromatosis that manifests primarily in his face, he bears a striking physical resemblance to Edward as he was before but with a key twist: Oswald is charming, outgoing, creative, and immediately makes friends with everyone he meets. He is Edward’s opposite, which drives Edward toward the brink.
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