Post by Phantom of London on Feb 23, 2017 18:31:52 GMT
Caught this in Manchester this afternoon.
Reminded me a lot of Ibsen's Dolls House, with morality and a strong matriarch as the protagonist in the centre.
This play speaks of the political climate today as the world lurches dangerously to the right and a real risk of a facist uprising, the author was executed for being gay in a unsteady Spain That sympathised with the Nazis. The widowed matriarch reflects facism - how she rules her roost of 5 daughters with an iron fist. She wears the trousers alright, as she acts like some despot dictator ruthlessly controlling her female offspring.
Beautifully acted by a 'diverse', cast that really brings a third dimension to this piece.
This deserves to be seen by a wider and a London audience, ideally would be replicated in the Dorfman or Young Vic.
Terrifying but otherwise brilliant.
5 stars.
Reminded me a lot of Ibsen's Dolls House, with morality and a strong matriarch as the protagonist in the centre.
This play speaks of the political climate today as the world lurches dangerously to the right and a real risk of a facist uprising, the author was executed for being gay in a unsteady Spain That sympathised with the Nazis. The widowed matriarch reflects facism - how she rules her roost of 5 daughters with an iron fist. She wears the trousers alright, as she acts like some despot dictator ruthlessly controlling her female offspring.
Beautifully acted by a 'diverse', cast that really brings a third dimension to this piece.
This deserves to be seen by a wider and a London audience, ideally would be replicated in the Dorfman or Young Vic.
Terrifying but otherwise brilliant.
5 stars.
