WILL AND TESTAMENT
But putting aside the celestial trappings, the real basis for Stone’s high-stakes audition is that proverbial theatrical bedrock of “two boards and a passion.” Will and Testament is an excuse to recite an assortment of lesser-known monologues (and one sonnet) that allow the actor to depict 15 characters from the Bard’s bounty. With mixed results.
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As Stone delivers his goods, voice-overs of God and Shakespeare (who sound suspiciously–or appropriately–alike) provide a halting commentary (apparently Shakespeare prefers the less stodgy acting style of American actors to the technique of the Brits–uh-huh). God and Shakespeare also stop the audition for a premature intermission (supposedly while heaven undergoes a civil defense drill, the result of their fear of the dangerous planet beneath them).
