Sunday, August 18, 2019

My Dearworthy Darling (Malthouse)

Written by Alison Croggon who is obviously an outstanding theatre critic (with The Rabble), but my expectations weren't too high given the huge difference between criticism and creation. It didn't quite land for me, whether due to my own lack of knowledge of the subject-matters, themes, and possibly theatrical sources she was tapping or otherwise, though it did convince in its rendition of the subjective immensity of its central character's experience and the political-feminist argument of the text, while blunt, didn't feel over-determined; the religious-mystical elements were the bits I struggled with.

(w/ Hayley and Cass)