tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post7544875679886566637..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: BrieflyAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-12790107655723020082008-05-29T17:39:00.000+10:002008-05-29T17:39:00.000+10:00Thanks Wayne - a fascinating ride indeed. I'm not ...Thanks Wayne - a fascinating ride indeed. I'm not sure that whether I've read the text makes any difference to my - always arguable - opinion of a production (I am pretty practised at telling the difference between the two); what it does mean is that I've had a chance to study the writing in depth and, as you know, it impresses me.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-34368066890759406982008-05-29T17:27:00.000+10:002008-05-29T17:27:00.000+10:00Hi Alison,Wayne Pearn here, AD of Hoy Polloy. Some...Hi Alison,<BR/><BR/>Wayne Pearn here, AD of Hoy Polloy. Some interesting comments, however, the most prescient one, to my mind anyway, is that you have read the text. May I ask before or after viewing the production? Either or I would suggest it makes for an imperfect review. A rather high percentage of the audience who haven't had the luxury of reading the text have found it to be a fascinating Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-66084486746542570082008-05-29T15:56:00.000+10:002008-05-29T15:56:00.000+10:00Re: "... the main character's lack of success...re...Re: "... the main character's lack of success...resulting in his unfortunate demise..."<BR/><BR/>NTG, as I was planning to see this play a "spoiler alert" would've been much appreciated!!<BR/><BR/>(Currently reading "Death of a Salesman". Hope no one spoils that for me too!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-91953696205661257112008-05-29T15:26:00.000+10:002008-05-29T15:26:00.000+10:00Thanks NTG - I gather Charlie is the typical profi...Thanks NTG - I gather Charlie is the typical profile of the most common "missing person". Myself, I thought the play did pretty well in how Charlie encounters all the others who go missing for such ambiguous reasons - the priest who walks out of his sermon, the petty criminal, etc etc - in giving an idea of it all. Basically, it wasn't a naturalistic play, and I think the production just fell tooAlison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-89551697345292829932008-05-28T22:13:00.000+10:002008-05-28T22:13:00.000+10:00Your review of "How to Disappear Completely" in th...Your review of "How to Disappear Completely" in the Australian suggests that it was an excellent play that was somewhat imperfectly realized in the presentation. However I had some reservations about the play itself as well. For example, for a play that apparently meant to explore interesting psychological and related issues involved in dropping out of sight and attempting to forge a new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com