Julie Tomaino’s movement direction is an essential key to the production’s dynamism, which keeps the nearly three-hour run time from dragging. The action flows with crispness and energy: set pieces roll fluidly across the stage, and scenes transition as seamlessly as a precisely timed ballet. And the resulting stylized rhythm perfectly suits Hamill’s adaptation, which flirts with farce and satire without entirely abandoning Austen’s thematic and emotional core.
ARPITA GHOSAL
