The Delaware Theatre Company opened its season with a hilarious production of "The Hound of the Baskerville," in which three actors portray all of the characters, male and female. With its split-second costume changes, over-the-top acting, physical comedy and madcap humor, it reminded me a lot of People's Light's production of "The Mystery of Irma Vep" 30 years ago.
At the beginning of the second act the actors announced, with mock outrage, that some irascible crank named "BudLiteMartin" had tweeted during intermission complaining about the slow pace of the first act. In response they did a hilariously speeded-up recap of the first act. The in-joke was that Bud Martin is the theatre's executive and artistic director.
After the show we had a lovely stroll along the riverfront, which was full of families, joggers and bicyclists. There are plenty of restaurants along the way (Harry's Seafood Grill is now Banks' Seafood Kitchen) and lots of benches so you can sit and gaze at both the Wilmington skyline and the Christina River. We even got to see the drawbridge raised to let the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel through. It looked majestic motoring down the river.
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