George Buza (11/77 Zastrozzi)
Canadian Theatre 11/2/77: George Buza
Zastrozzi
Critical review by Gaetan Charlebois
Drama in two acts by George F. Walker, premiered at Toronto Free Theatre , November 2, 1977, directed by William Lane with set by Doug Robinson, lighting by Gerry Brown, featuring Stephen Markle, George Buza, Geoffrey Bowes , David Bolt, Diane D'Aquila and Valerie Warburton.
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Excerpt from Medium II 12/5/1977: George Buza
The Struggle of Zastrozzi
By F.K. Walker
He has a paramour, an archetypal vamp clled Matilda (played zestily by Diane D'Aquila), and Bernardo (George Buza), his loyal sidekick whose favorite pastimes are rape and murder "but not necessarily in that order."
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Excerpt from Theatre Research in Canada Fall 1988: George Buza
GEORGE F WALKER DIRECTS GEORGE F WALKER
Chris Johnson
Zastrozzi, the ninth of the eighteen Walker stage plays produced thus far, opened at the Toronto Free Theatre on 2 November 1977.
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Hence, Robert Bockstael's Bernardo was not the simple-minded, hulking henchman; to begin with, he is physically too small for the stereotype, much smaller than George Buza who played the part in the original production.
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