Tapscott maneuvers the cast deftly to make it clear when there is a passage of time or a change of setting without having to do much in the way of a set change. This adaptation calls for several scenes to occur on top of each other, with some characters having to jump from one scene to the next, often set in completely different locations. The rest of the play follows Dantes finding and taking revenge on the people who imprisoned him.ĭirector Eleanore Tapscott’s blocking is excellent. Dantes escapes prison, finds the treasure, and styles himself as the very wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. Meanwhile, Dantes’s betrothed, Mercedes (Emily Golden), has been left alone after Dantes was arrested, and after some time, marries Fernand Mondego (Michael Schwartz), one of the people chiefly at fault for Dantes’s imprisonment.įaria dies before they can both escape and bequeaths a huge fortune to Dantes, hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Faria teaches Dantes philosophy, several languages, mathematics, and combat, all while working on a tunnel to escape the formidable Chateau D’if. In the first twenty minutes of the play, several years pass by. After realizing he knows the people responsible for his imprisonment, Dantes vows to seek revenge. Through flashbacks, we learn that the first prisoner used to be a sailor named Edmund Dantes, and he has been falsely imprisoned for treason. Another prisoner accidentally tunnels into the cell and introduces himself as Faria (James McDaniel). The story, written originally by Alexandre Dumas and adapted for the stage by Charles Morey – in addition to several screen adaptations – begins with a prisoner (Tim Caron) alone in a cell in Chateau D’if, a heavily fortified prison on a small island off the coast of France. Emily Golden, Steve Rosenthal, Ilyana Rose-Davilla, Tim Caron, and James McDaniel in The Count of Monte Cristo. When a story is so well-known and well-loved by many people, audience members tend to have high expectations and Aldersgate Church Community Theater’s production of The Count of Monte Cristo will delight even the most discerning theatergoer.
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