Brendan Lemon, 19 December 2005, Financial Times (USA). Not online.
While the play is more watchable than some reviews have suggested, it displays its Modern Master influences - Pinter, Beckett - a little too obviously and develops its storyline in fits and starts.
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Dorfman's language can be eloquent: Levana recites a verbal aria about suffering ("We'll feed off the dead. We'll sell the dead. One by one.") that is a high point of Harris's polished performance.
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Like [Death and the] Maiden, The Other Side provides some marvellous moments for actors, even as its political concerns have been explored more engagingly by others.
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