Marc Miller takes a look at Molly Sweeney at Irish Repertory Theatre:
Everybody, except me, loved Irish Repertory Theatre's previous effort in its Friel Project, Philadelphia, Here I Come! They saw a trenchant examination of stultifying small-town Irish life and the struggle to escape it; I saw a mild comedy-drama about nothing much. But Irish Rep and Brian Friel are back in splendid form with Molly Sweeney, Friel's piercing 1994 drama. The story is simple; the staging is minimal; the impact is palpable. |
