tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post111538442789572826..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: The MaidsAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-87755953087384250062012-07-21T09:23:05.572+10:002012-07-21T09:23:05.572+10:00I just saw The Maids in Kentish Town, London, a fi...I just saw The Maids in Kentish Town, London, a fine production in which Kelly Costello tore up the scenery as Solange - watch out for her. Your review from 2005 is, if I may say so, extremely perceptive and subtle. <br /><br />Allow me to express sympathy for the foolish politically correct criticism that Anonymous courageously posted.Thomas Dillonhttp://www.dillon.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1122103311009876282005-07-23T17:21:00.000+10:002005-07-23T17:21:00.000+10:00My humble apologies for my mistaken assumption. A...My humble apologies for my mistaken assumption. As it happened, although I looked, I could find no information on the production while I was there, and had to rely on information sent me later. Though I do make a brief general comment on her performance in a catch-all comment on the cast ("They give performances that are at once fearless and controlled, and attain performative fineness without Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1121574195508551162005-07-17T14:23:00.000+10:002005-07-17T14:23:00.000+10:00Whilst the general content of and opinions express...Whilst the general content of and opinions expressed in your recent review of Genet's 'The Maids'at the Victorian College of the Arts are well informed and constructed, you make special reference to an Aboriginal actor being cast as Solange. Your assumption concerning her racial background was incorrect, and a mistake that could have been easily rectified, had you perhaps taken the trouble to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com