As I Lay Dying
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 2, 2004
Closed May 25, 2004
Opened May 2, 2004
Closed May 25, 2004
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Basement Flat Productions presents the New York premiere of As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, adapted and directed to the stage by Andrew Grosso.
As I Lay Dying regales us with the story of a poor family in rural Mississippi struggling with fire, flood, and each other as they cart their dead mother's body across the state to be buried. Using 17 narrators and 25 characters, Faulkner humorously weaves arson, incest, statutory rape, adultery, murder, and rotting fish into a surprisingly comic tale filled with some of the most memorable characters in 20th Century literature.
No show on Tuesday, May 18.
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As I sat watching As I Lay Dying, I got to thinking about the unparalleled pleasure of being read to. I suspect that children whose parents read to them become readers when they're adults, and this would be in happy contrast to abused children becoming abusive adults, as studies have unfortunately proved. Beyond that, I'm certainly convinced the popularity of audio books isn't simply due to expedience but to readers wanting the satisfaction of being read aloud to, of hearing a soothing, authoritative voice even if what's being read is anything but soothing.
The thought strayed across my mind while I looked at Andrew Grosso's adaptation of what happens to be my favorite William Faulkner no[...]