Such Things Only Happen In Books
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 6, 2009
Closed Nov 14, 2009
Opened Oct 6, 2009
Closed Nov 14, 2009
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Running Time:
1hr. 30min.
1hr. 30min.
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The evening of shorts includes Such Things Only Happen in Books, in which a domestic life is slowly unwrapped to reveal the complexities at the heart of all families; Cement Hands, about an uncle who attempts to explain to his niece the precariousness of marrying a tight-fisted young fellow; and The Angel That Troubled the Waters, which shows the healer's pain, and how his suffering makes him most human. Also included are In Shakespeare and the Bible and Now the Servant's Name was Malchus. The cast includes Clayton Apgar, Pepper Binkley, Sue Cremin and Kevin Hogan. Carl Forsman and Jonathan Silverstein direct.
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Thornton Wilder is chiefly known for his full-length plays -- most notably, Our Town -- but he also wrote scores of one-acts and playlets, several of which are beautifully realized. Unfortunately, the five brief works being presented by the Keen Company at Theatre Row under the collective title Such Things Only Happen in Books are not among his best, as they suffer from shallow writing. Worse still, they're performed here awkwardly by a cast that often seems bewildered by the material.
Two of the dramatist's early playlets, "The Servant's Name Was Malchus" and "The Angel That Troubled the Waters" -- both inspired by stories from The New Testament -- form bookends for the evening. "The Ange[...]