I saw the wonderful Mark Rylance in this play when it came to Broadway a few years ago and couldn't wait to see it again. No such luck. This is not the play. This is a tv show about making a tv show about the play. In the theater the play and players were foursquare before me on the stage. On the screen there were audience shots, reaction shots, sideways shots and other nonsense well calculated to display the 'miracle of television' but all of it at the expense of the concentrated intimacy necessary to enjoyment. I reject the notion--or excuse--that a different medium necessitates a different treatment. Surely this play he's been filmed before with stooping to such intrusive gimmickry?
