Romanoff and Juliet

Set in the so called tinies country (or maybe the largest, in a sense) in Europe, the story is about the love between Igor Romanoff of the Russian Embassy and Juliet Moulsworth of the American Embassy. The play was set in 1956 and highlights the tension of the Cold War. Well, not so much detail about the play, that you can check online yourself.

The most memorable characters, unfortunately, was neither Romanoff nor Juliet. It was the General and the Archbishop which caught my greatest attention. The General talks forever with his crazy accept, but is the voice of the playwright himself and the Archbishop... well... he was simply just as funny as hell.

What I find most amazing and interesting was the fact that most of the characters were played by Finns. If you have ever heard of Finnish English, you would know how amazing it is to hear them do Texas English (still don't understand why people associate Texas as American). I was thrilled by Hanna Aaltola who played Juliet Moulsworth and Riitta Itäkylä who played Beulah Moulsworth. The two of them not only threw the American characters of mother and daughter in a most convince combination, I actually didn't know they were Finns until I checked the cast. The most amazing would be Matti Keltanen who played Freddie, a Chicago American who thinks baseball as the most important thing in his life.

The stage was a bit in lacking, but considering the size of the producting, it was quite enough convincing although I would consider differentiating the two worlds with more details than just colors. It was enjoyable over all just the same.

I don't know enough about theaters to criticize or to say anything much about it and the topic it touches are rather old and somewhat of a cliche, but it is a nice play to watch on a Sunday afternoon.