by Gail M. Burns, August 2007 One of the trickiest things about being a theatre critic is having to review different productions of the same play in close succession, particularly if the first one you see really moves you. I was clear in my review of the Hubbard Hall production…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 As I wander through the theatrical landscape, I am always on the look-out for interesting juxtapositions of plays, and I cannot believe that it is a coincidence that the Berkshire Theatre Festival is concluding its summer season with two plays that examine questions…
“And was Jerusalem builded hereamong these dark Satanic Mills?” – William Blake, “And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was greatly concerned with the dark satanic mills of Victorian Britain, and although there is nary a mill in sight in the published text his 1893 play Mrs.…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2007 Paul Osborn (1901-1988) originally set Morning’s at Seven in the year it was written – 1939 – but director Vivian Matalon asked his permission to shift it to 1922 for his Tony Award-winning 1980 Broadway production, and now that is the official setting for this…
