Sunday, January 7, 2007

5. "Translations" by Brian Friel



This revival directed by Garry Hynes is so powerful that it made me angry at myself for having missed her DruidSynge cycle last summer at Lincoln Center.

Friel's poetic language transfixed me. "But remember that words are signals, counters. They are not immortal. And it can happen that a civilization can be imprisoned in a linguistic contour which no longer matches the landscape of fact."

Ticket fee: $4.50