Do Not Go Gentle
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 19, 2009
Closed Jan 10, 2010
Opened Nov 19, 2009
Closed Jan 10, 2010
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Running Time:
1hr. 55min.
(includes 1 intermission)
1hr. 55min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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http://www.do-not-go-gentle.com
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
A writer's impression of the famous Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas. Finding himself in Purgatory, Dylan Thomas reflects on the influences in his life that brought him here. His reflections run from tragic to humorous to fantastic.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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RE:Memphis
Fabulous show - great singers, wonderful story line, very high energy. A winner!
Reviewed by OV752927
on Friday, Nov 13th, 2009
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It's meant as high praise to say that writer-director Leon Pownall's Do Not Go Gentle, now at the Clurman Theater, is less a play than a theatrical tone poem. It makes perfect sense, since poet Dylan Thomas is the subject here, and the title of the one-man show is taken from the Welshman's most famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," which contains the repeated phrase "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Rage, however, is only one of the emotions deeply plumbed in the 90-minute, two-act piece. That's not only because Geraint Wyn Davies, Thomas' accomplished stand-in, delivers several of the author's most renowned poems, such as "In My Craft or Sullen Art," not to menti[...]