May, Janet, and I had a leisurely dinner at Panera's at GW before attending the GW student play Translations. An enjoyable evening!
The play was written by Brian Friel and directed by Jodi Kanter.
From the playbill:
The play's themes of identity, community, and colonialism resonated with a variety of political and cultural issues of the early 1980s, the midpoint of the thirty-year conflict between Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland commonly known as The Troubles.
The characters all struggle to discover their individual identities by learning to communicate with each other.
Translations identifies colonialism as a factor contributing to this gap in communication. The linguistic barriers impeding progress between the English and the Irish in 1833 would not be present if the English respected Ireland's autonomy and culture.
The play was written by Brian Friel and directed by Jodi Kanter.
From the playbill:
The play's themes of identity, community, and colonialism resonated with a variety of political and cultural issues of the early 1980s, the midpoint of the thirty-year conflict between Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland commonly known as The Troubles.
The characters all struggle to discover their individual identities by learning to communicate with each other.
Translations identifies colonialism as a factor contributing to this gap in communication. The linguistic barriers impeding progress between the English and the Irish in 1833 would not be present if the English respected Ireland's autonomy and culture.
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