Monthly Archives: September 2010

SOULPEPPER THEATRE IN TORONTO 2010

Posted on September 7, 2010 by strecker

DOC Doc, with Diana Leblanc directing Sharon Pollock’s Canadian classic of 1984, opens like a frenzied Altman film of simultaneous or overlapping words inside a tormented skull. Is this the playwright’s mind to which we are witness? Her characters can’t … Continue reading →

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STRATFORD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2010

Posted on September 7, 2010 by strecker

DO NOT GO GENTLE Back in the 70s, I spent several days in Laugharne in Wales, the setting for Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas. In those days, the poet’s boathouse and writing shed were not open to visitors and peeking … Continue reading →

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SHAW FESTIVAL 2010

Posted on September 7, 2010 by strecker

SERIOUS MONEY Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money depicts a frenzied and pummeling world of buy and sell, “takeover mania,” and insider deals -with champagne, coke, sex, silk shirts from Jermyn Street, and all else that money can buy as a bonus. … Continue reading →

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