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Thursday, 29 September 2016

The Killdeer and Other Plays - James Reaney

Literature from another time set another time and place, now disappeared:  a bit gothic, a bit surrealist at times; reminds me of that play, "Our Town".  The two shorter pieces are very experimental.
I like how he reaches into the rural Canadian experience for some of his symbols, such as the killdeer.  And sets the plays in small-town Ontario with all its potential stereotypes, almost Pulcinello like.  Both classical and very local.

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