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| Sydney Theatre Company |
Andrew Upton has adapted Maxim Gorky's play 'Children of the Sun'.
Nineteenth century Russia and we find a number of middle class characters are distracted by their relationships; mostly unsatisfactory and unsatisfied relationships. Meanwhile their servants are engrossed in their own mysterious relationships.
Having not seen a version of the original play I am not sure how close this adaption is to Gorky's vision and watching it I felt afterwards that I just didn't 'get it'. Was this play an allegory about impending revolution? Or a mild clash of class structures? Or a depiction of social manners? Maybe all of these things?
I came away from the play somewhat baffled.
★★1/2
You've been harsh with your scores of late ;-)
ReplyDeleteAdRad someone else commented I'd given too many 3 star ratings.
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