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Article: Theatre: On the Fringe Escape From Pterodactyl Island The Pleasance Gate 45 Young Vic Studio T he Yiddish Queen Lear Southwark Playhouse
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 28, 1999
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NATO HAS not yet incorporated the exploding coconut into its
armoury, but in Escape from Pterodactyl Island this device proves
effective against both barbarian and dinosaurs. Hardly surprising in
a luminously absurd production that mixes eugenics, an eardrum-
bursting score, a Nietzschean professor called Dr Devo, tongue-in-
cheek choreography, Victorian prudery and fetishistic Lycra costumes.
Paul Thornley, as young Professor Worthington, is comically
convincing as an English gentleman of the Wodehouse school, intent on
carrying out DIY imperialism on the natives. The essence of his
performance lies in a revved-up plummy accent and innocently raised
eyebrows - both vital for escaping the ...
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