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Mon | August 14, 2006

Mother Courage and her Children

Saw Mother Courage and her Children last Saturday, which means I have seen both "Shakespeare in the Park" plays this summer. It was good for me to see a play that wasn't on the subject of love. It's good for me to do things that aren't my idea. It was more about a self-interested person during a time of war. She makes decisions and they cost her her children. I liked it. Played by Meryl Streep. They kind of ad-libbed their lines, flubbed them a little. But no one really seemed to care. They also paraphrased certain parts, or replaced antiquated references. I know because I read part of the play before going, in a last-minute cram session. Which I enjoyed because I am a nerd. I also researched epic theater and Brechtian theater, and read the Spark notes on the play, which I believed was more important than reading the play itself. Anyway it filled out my Saturday and was a nice break, a change from the usual eventless weekend.

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