Translations

I just got back from seeing Translations, the Brian Friel play about Ireland that's currently on bway. It's a thickly intellectual play, but once you get past all of the latin and greek and the thick accents, it's really quite good.

It really makes you think, though. The british completely devastated Ireland. One of my favorite things was the part at the end, where Hugh, the teacher, starts quoting that passage about the Punic Wars, because it really is so true. I also found it shocking how the Irish were so much more educated than the British, and yet the British ran everything because they had money and power.

It was hard to understand, and my mind was racing the entire time, trying to keep up and understand it. I do like intellectual plays, though, and it was really very interesting.

One of my favorite things was watching the confusion between the people speaking English and the people who were supposed to be speaking Gaelic. It was both funny and true to the communication gap.

The set was gorgeous. It was a dirt floor, with a rickety old staircase and some stools and a giant door. What was really amazing was how they did the rain. It was real water and heard and looked exactly like rain. It was also great how the people came in soaking, just like they would be if they had just come in from the rain.

Overall, it was a very interesting play, and if you are in the mood for a deeply intellectual experience, you should definitely go see it.