EMOTIONS RUN THE GAMUT IN `ANNE FRANK'.Byline: Victoria Giraud Special to the Daily News Most of us know what we're in for when attending a performance of the very moving ``The Diary of Anne Frank  Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (listen .'' We tend to forget the human foibles and humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was that emerges. What continually amazes is the wise perception of Anne Frank, who was just 13 when she began her two-year diary. Her father, the only survivor of the eight Jews who hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam warehouse from 1942-44, recovered the diary after the war, and it became a best-selling book, play and movie. With a well-balanced, sensitive cast, Stage Door's presentation of this timeless play holds your attention from first to last. Anne's father, Otto Frank
Otto Heinrich Frank (May 12, 1889 – August 19, 1980) was the father of Anne Frank. , with the help of Dutch friends, had the foresight to hide his family, their friends the Van Daans and a bachelor dentist from the Nazis. Their bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. true story is narrated in part by Anne, reading portions of her diary. The play chronicles their difficulties as they struggle to get along and to deal with the privations of a tiny space, lack of food and forced silence during most of the daylight hours. Giving outstanding performances were the two main characters: Mr. Frank, played with warmth and strength by Richard Hawkes, and Anne, the spirited and touching Allison Maletz in her debut professional performance. The self-centered, flirtatious flir·ta·tious adj. 1. Given to flirting. 2. Full of playful allure: a flirtatious glance. flir·ta Mrs. Van Daan is skillfully skill·ful adj. 1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. rendered by Denice Stradling, with the capable Steve Brown Steve Brown is the name of more than one person of note:
The shy and earnest Peter Van Daan was sensitively rendered by Matt Harbicht. The crochety Mr. Dussel was a fine performance by the likable Tim Holtwick, who gave the character a bit of an edge. The set on Stage Door's small stage was very imaginatively built by Mike Monteleone. Congratulations for great direction are also due for Bill Martyn. THE FACTS WHAT: ``The Diary of Anne Frank,'' dramatized by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. He almost always collaborated with his wife Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984). . Based on the book ``Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.'' WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Aug. 10. WHERE: Stage Door, 28311 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. COST: $9 per person Thursday-Friday; Saturday, $11 INFORMATION: (818) 889-5209. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The cast of ``The Diary of Anne Frank'' are Matt Har bicht, from left, Paula Helaine, Allison Maletz, Steve Brown, Christina Hinds, Denice Stradling, Richard Hawkes, Tim Holtwick and Elizabeth Ford. |
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