Astor's Notes

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Steven Berkoff

Date: 17th July 1969
Theatre: Roundhouse
Production: Metamorphosis and The Penal Colony
Character: Gregor, The Officer, director
Review: Adapted, directed and starred in these two Kafka plays. As Gregor in Metamorphosis managed to convey the tragi-pathetic salesman who is turned into a dung beetle. Clever use of contortion and talent. As The Officer in Penal this was an over-mannered portrait of a Nazi type bully. Extremely well thought out permormance this, methody but exciting.

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