Foremost among them is the inaptly cloying archness with which Vivian addresses the audience from start to finish ("It is not my intention to give away the plot, but I think I die at the end").
" David Esbjornson, the director, has served Mr. Albee exceptionally well, striking just the right balance between amusing archness and horrific realism, and John Arnone's set is a perfect realization of Mr. Albee's stage directions: "I see the environment as uncluttered, perhaps with a Bauhaus feeling.