An exercise in misogyny, consciousness-raising “theatre of cruelty,” or the tale of a spirited courtship that ends up liberating both partners? The Guardian asks directors and actresses who have worked on the play to give their takes.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Angry Brides: Indian Video Game Attacks Issue Of Dowry Extortion
“The game by online matchmaker shaadi.com … sees players attack grooms greedy for dowry with a variety of weapons, from a brick-red stiletto to a broomstick. The three grooms – an engineer, a doctor and a pilot – dodge the attacks while demanding dowries starting at 1.5 million rupees ($30,000).”
The Etiquette Of Abandoning Ship (Do Women And Children Really Go First?)
With the Costa Concordia lying on its side off the Italian coast and its captain accused of abandoning his vessel and its passengers, one can’t help but wonder what the actual rules for evacuation are. As it turns out, actual maritime law and (relatively recent) tradition don’t entirely agree.
Annals Of Design: The Chinese Take-Out Container
“On Nov. 13, 1894, in Chicago, the inventor Frederick Weeks Wilcox patented a version of what he called a ‘paper pail,’ which was a single piece of paper, creased into segments and folded into a (more or less) leakproof container secured with a dainty wire handle on top. The supportive folds on the outside, fastened with that same wire, created a flat interior surface over which food could slide smoothly onto a plate.”
Gustav Leonhardt, Giant Of Baroque Music Revival, Dead At 83
“Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Gustav Leonhardt … was a pioneer and pillar of the early music movement. As a harpsichordist, organist, scholar, conductor and teacher, he was a major figure, exercising very considerable influence on his contemporaries and juniors, and in particular making the Netherlands a focal centre for the performance of Baroque music.”
Toronto City Council Votes Not To Cut Arts Funding
“After four months of fear and anxiety, on Thursday Toronto’s arts community got some news from City Hall that calls for a victory celebration. The executive committee of city council voted in favour of sustaining arts funding levels at the same level that prevailed in 2011.”
Wim Wenders On When He First Saw Pina Bausch
“Dance – include me out. It was not for me … my girlfriend really, literally dragged me. And then I found myself on the edge of my seat, crying like a baby after five minutes, and crying through the entire thing. I was hopelessly, helplessly crying, and didn’t know what was happening. It was like lightning struck me.”
UK Broadcasters’ Union Calls Strike Against BBC Birmingham
“A 24-hour strike by members of BECTU working at BBC Birmingham is … a response to plans outlined by the BBC in its Delivering Quality First initiative to move production of factual programming for both television and radio out of Birmingham … to Cardiff and Bristol.”
Jaap Van Zweden Named Chief Conductor Of Hong Kong Philharmonic
“Jaap van Zweden, in his fourth season as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, will also become music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic starting in the 2012-13 season. Recently named Musical America‘s Conductor of the Year, and widely viewed as a major rising star, van Zweden will succeed another Dutchman, Edo de Waart, in the … position.”
What Killed Opera Boston? Personal Clashes And Dysfunction
The company had been relying very heavily on three donors – one of whom abruptly decided that he wanted nothing more to do with Opera Boston’s general director, who had been working there for nine months, and withdrew his money.