A critical review - and some thoughts....

Hello all,

I'm hoping you are now all fully signed up here, and ready to log on daily as this will be our best means of sharing thoughts and research in advance of our January rehearsals. Please make sure you scroll down through all my various posts, as there are lots of useful resources for you. Here are some thoughts, and a couple of things for your Xmas 'To Do List'. 

An interesting review HERE of a 2010 US production of 'The Women'. The critic clearly dislikes the play and the production, but the review raises some important aspects of challenge for us in terms of presentation and treatment of the text and themes. Some food for thought as you are all reading and pondering....

* This is biting SATIRE 

From dictionary :

Sat·ire

  noun

1.

the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing,denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

2.

a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which humanfolly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.

3.

a literary genre comprising such compositions.

* CLB is presenting the awful potential of an elite group of socialite women, not asking us to sympathise with or like them! 

So the question is how do we link this to women today? What is our modern day parallel? Try THIS

Sex and the City. If you haven't seen the series of the films, now is your chance (first time for me too!). There's some Xmas break homework for you! 

Until the next post/thought...

Emma x