Tram Town
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
| Category: Theatre Hannie Rayson's latest play, Two Brothers, didn't get a stellar review from Owen Richardson at The Tullamarine Trotskyite Tribune. In an understanding spirit, she offered him notes on understanding the play. This is typical of her condescension: The play opens on a dark and stormy night with a cabinet minister stabbing a man to death, in self-defence. That clearly signals to an audience that we have leapt into fiction.The Bolta is even less impressed with the play than Mr Richardson, here and here. Tim Blair quoting the Bolta quoting Ms Rayson says: How naff of you to come from Werribee, Tim!"Our Government is turning us into a kind of cultural Werribee,” she complained. Comments are worth reading over at Tim's place, too. I haven't seen many of Ms Rayson's plays but all that I have seen have been poorly thought-out mush so none of this surprises me. Just One Guy's Opinion. |
