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Playwright Mary Zimmerman incorporated large segments of poetry into Metamorphoses, including passages from Ovid and Rilke’s extraordinary “Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes.” The poems lend the script much of its power, but they can also be a mouthful. Elocution isn’t taught much these days, and many actors scorn verbal precision and fluidity. Trina O’Neil has these qualities in spades. Her beautiful lucidity made Rilke’s words resonate long after the play was over.
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