New Plays

Title: New Plays
Category: Arts & Humanities | Words: 438 | Pages: 1.9 (approximately 235 words/page)

New Plays

ARIEL FIACH MAC CONGHAIL PRESENTS ARIEL AT THE ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL, 05TH OCT 2002. Marina Carr’s ARIEL was perhaps the most disturbing piece of theatre that I have ever been to see. This does not mean that I was disappointed with the performance of the actors, the way the set was designed or the tragedy based writing. The combination of all three elements resulted in an overall depressing yet sometimes-comical theatrical show. The …showed first 75 words of 438 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 438 total…dark play and offered a good contrast to Ingrid Craigie’s role as Fermoy’s grief-stricken, grief-addicted wife. Carr’s play was an interesting modern adaptation of Greek Tragedy, it brought to the surface many moral imperfections as Greek Tragedy often does but I feel it lacked the same satisfaction that we get from traditional Greek plays as the conclusion was very dark and offered no glimmer of hope for any of the surviving characters.

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