Juno and the Paycock Directed by Charlotte Moore The Irish Repertory Theatre 132 W. 22nd St., NYC October 20-December 29, 2013
Watching “Captain” Jack Boyle’s pronouncement regarding Ireland’s civil strife -- “We’ve got nothin’ to do with these things, one way or t’other. That’s the Government’s business, an’ let them do what we’re payin’ them for doin’” -- about 24 hours after a more than two-week government shutdown lent a little extra resonance to the Irish Repertory Theatre's production of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock. The personal is always the political in O’Casey’s work, and Juno, part of his acclaimed Dublin Trilogy, skillfully interweaves the two as it follows the Boyle family’s fortunes’ (imagined) rise and fall in a 1922 Dublin tenement.
Shades of brown dominate the peeling walls of James Noone’s set, which the cast fills admirably. The titular characters,...
Watching “Captain” Jack Boyle’s pronouncement regarding Ireland’s civil strife -- “We’ve got nothin’ to do with these things, one way or t’other. That’s the Government’s business, an’ let them do what we’re payin’ them for doin’” -- about 24 hours after a more than two-week government shutdown lent a little extra resonance to the Irish Repertory Theatre's production of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock. The personal is always the political in O’Casey’s work, and Juno, part of his acclaimed Dublin Trilogy, skillfully interweaves the two as it follows the Boyle family’s fortunes’ (imagined) rise and fall in a 1922 Dublin tenement.
Shades of brown dominate the peeling walls of James Noone’s set, which the cast fills admirably. The titular characters,...
- 11/25/2013
- by C. Jefferson Thom
- www.culturecatch.com
"Temporal Powers" is an excellent play, beautifully acted and directed. When it was over, I wanted to lock myself in a dark room with a full bottle and contemplate the futility of love and life.
But that would only be when the depression lifted.
As they say in Ireland, it is a grand play, and this is as Irish as it gets. Written by the not-well-enough-known Teresa Deevy (1894-1963), this was first staged at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1932.
Now it's at the Mint Theater, one of off-Broadway's powerhouses. Steps from the Broadway theaters, the Mint is a world away because it is on the third floor of an old building. Here, a soft Irish fiddle is piped in as the lights go up on the set. The set is the same for the three acts.
It's the inside of a ruin, which is nothing but stone and exposed brick, the...
But that would only be when the depression lifted.
As they say in Ireland, it is a grand play, and this is as Irish as it gets. Written by the not-well-enough-known Teresa Deevy (1894-1963), this was first staged at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1932.
Now it's at the Mint Theater, one of off-Broadway's powerhouses. Steps from the Broadway theaters, the Mint is a world away because it is on the third floor of an old building. Here, a soft Irish fiddle is piped in as the lights go up on the set. The set is the same for the three acts.
It's the inside of a ruin, which is nothing but stone and exposed brick, the...
- 10/6/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
For someone who died 111 years ago, penniless and exiled, Oscar Wilde's having a pretty grand season in New York theater.
His timeless comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest" is on Broadway and another play, "My Scandalous Life," focusing on his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, is off-Broadway, at the Irish Repertory Theatre.
This play, by Thomas Kilroy, is for those who are such stalwart fans they need to know everything about Wilde. A fascinating man, a talented, smart, acerbic wit, Wilde pretty much forced the British government's hand into convicting him for homosexuality.
Today this may sound strange to an American audience, but Douglas' father had accused Wilde of corrupting his then-21-year-old son. Wilde later sued the elder Douglas for libel, lost and did two years of hard labor in prison.
In the play, a 75-year-old Douglas, known as "Bosie," reflects on his younger days with the man he truly loved.
His timeless comedy, "The Importance of Being Earnest" is on Broadway and another play, "My Scandalous Life," focusing on his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, is off-Broadway, at the Irish Repertory Theatre.
This play, by Thomas Kilroy, is for those who are such stalwart fans they need to know everything about Wilde. A fascinating man, a talented, smart, acerbic wit, Wilde pretty much forced the British government's hand into convicting him for homosexuality.
Today this may sound strange to an American audience, but Douglas' father had accused Wilde of corrupting his then-21-year-old son. Wilde later sued the elder Douglas for libel, lost and did two years of hard labor in prison.
In the play, a 75-year-old Douglas, known as "Bosie," reflects on his younger days with the man he truly loved.
- 2/16/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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