The Promise
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 3, 2011
Closed Apr 17, 2011
Opened Apr 3, 2011
Closed Apr 17, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Retired school teacher Maggie Brody thought she'd left teaching behind. But she finds herself covering a day at the local primary school, battling her thirst for booze as well as the headmaster and six-year-old Rosie, a Somali refugee who refuses to speak. This tense
new thriller, called "a 90 minute text of sustained brilliance...it threatens to take the breath away" by The Scotsman, kicks off Scotland
Week in New York.
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A combination of exquisite writing by playwright Douglas Maxwell and a fierce performance by Joanna Tope make The Promise, now at 59E59 Theatres, a powerful piece of work.
More importantly, when so many contemporary plays tend to trumpet one idea (if we're lucky), here is a play -- directed with vision and verve by Johnny McKnight -- that creates a rich crosscurrent of competing themes that intertwine into a complex and deeply satisfying theatrical experience.
We meet Maggie Brodie (Tope), a statuesque, mature woman with 40 years of teaching experience behind her. Today, however, Maggie is working as a substitute teacher. When the play begins it seems as if The Promise might be a small,[...]