on drama
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Uncomfortable Distances
Cloud 9 Directed by Alicia Palmer Jan 19-Feb 21 2010 Mirvish Productions How we view the past is often revealing of our current attitudes and beliefs. Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9 explores the myth of progress that allows us to claim that we know better now and startles the assumption that we are necessarily better off…
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Why Tragedy Matters
Soulpepper’s production of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone , staged last fall at the Young Centre, their home in Toronto’s Distillery district, has a twofold task. Anouilh’s play was first performed for French audiences undergoing German occupation during the Second World War, and contained an embedded message of faith for members of the Resistance. Under the direction…
