Richard Rose

ARCHIVES – PLAYS THAT OPENED IN JANUARY.2014

Posted on January 30, 2014, updated on April 20, 2014 by pcitron

(5 Star Rating System) Canadian Stage. LONDON ROAD (4 ½ stars). Run don’t walk to see one of the most unusual shows in town that is soon to close. The serial killer of five prostitutes in Ipswich, England, had a flat on London Road. Verbatim playwright Alecky Blythe interviewed residents of the street to capture what […]

Theatre Review – Two Rooms (Théâtre Français de Toronto) and This is War (Tarragon)

Posted on February 7, 2013, updated on February 7, 2013 by pcitron

It just so happens that I saw two plays in a row that use the structural device of monologues, so they make an interesting joint review. Two Rooms by Mansel Robinson, (in a French translation by acclaimed Quebecois playwright Jean Marc Dalpé), focuses on the murder of a Moslem wife by her “white” cop (read […]