Is Life Worth Living?
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 19, 2009
Closed Oct 18, 2009
Opened Aug 19, 2009
Closed Oct 18, 2009
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A legit repertory troupe comes to a small village in Ireland and, after a week or so of Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg the town is off its nut. That, in a nutshell, is the story of Is Life Worth Living?--a gloriously goofy comedy that imagines the impact a steady diet of serious drama might have on the amiable residents of the seaside town of Inish.
The fun begins when the town elders decide to improve the tone of the place. Enter Hector De La Mare and his wife Constance Constantia of the De La Mare Repertory company--committed exclusively to "psychological and introspective drama: the great plays of Russia, an Ibsen or two, a little Strindberg."
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Like the victims in some sort of yesteryear Stephen King novel, the denizens of a small Irish seaside town suddenly turn on one another -- and themselves -- in Lennox Robinson's Is Life Worth Living?, an endearing 1930s comedy that's being revived to smile-inducing effect at the Mint Theatre Company.
It's not the supernatural or occult that causes the changes in the characters in Robinson's play, but rather the arrival of a repertory company that's offering some serious theater to the locals. Hector de la Mare (Kevin Kilner) and his wife Constance Constantia (Jordan Baker) specialize in bringing works by Chekhov, Ibsen and Strindberg to the stage because, as Hector imperiously announces, "[...]