After all, the man never seemed devoted to anything other than his pleasures. Harris Berlinsky is admirable as the clownish, fey king who becomes increasingly nutty. It's hard to take his character seriously other than as a simpleton who is an argument against inherited power. His attitude and speech have the tones of a pretty street hustler. The rest of the acting is uneven.
Some actors are casual, other project a theatrical presence.
The evil Mortimer has an almost casual demeanor. It is not for nothing that this play is not part of the Brechet canon that is frequently staged. The author ultimately disavowed the play. Ping Chong's theater piece tells several thousands years of Korean myth and history in ironic narrative, Chinese opera movements, American sign language and pantomime. They wave sticks with white strips as the sounds of the ocean tossing a ship in a storm are heard.