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Staying sober at the Summerfolk Dacha
I like a lot of Russian classics – books, plays. There is so much lyricism in Master and Margarita, and so much longing in The Three Sisters. So I was quite excited reading on Wikipedia that Summerfolk is a play by Maxim Gorky written in 1904 (…) full of characters who “…might have stepped out…
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Not adding enough
Last week I went to the National to see a play apparently based on Antigone; this week the roots are meant to be in King Lear. Neither one, in my opinion, really deserves linkage to such heritage – two sisters or three children does not make it thus. But of the two, this one is…
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When is it ok to laugh during a play about paedophilic incest?
I remember reading Antigone so well; it was the first play that was on the curriculum when I started high school; it was the first time that I really explored the meaning of the word ‘dilemma.’ It was powerful, heart wrenching, I kept replaying the themes over and over in my head. The basic premise…
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The cool of tiffany turquoise instead of the heat of stifling sinopia
The outlines of dark shadows sit fanning themselves in what looks like a lego house that has been opened down the middle to allow for child’s play. They are fanning themselves and yet the whole set has a chill factor to it. So, in the audience, I am not feeling the heat even though I…
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