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...Exception and the Rule. Bertolt Brecht's drama about justice and humanity. The Caravan Theater, every...
...Exception and the Rule, Bertolt Brecht's drama about justice and humanity. The Caravan Theater, every...
...Caravan theatre preaches well; the use of flash-back and rhythm punctuate Brecht's main points. The Caravan even does us the dubious favor of placing Brecht's play in contemporary perspective; the performance begins with a "prologue by an actor," setting our own world's good guys against the bad, showing the present relevance of Brecht's rule. (Penn-Central executives get light jail terms for stealing thousands; George Jackson gets killed for stealing seventy dollars). The Caravan performance is only adequate; Aili Singer as Langmann is vicious, and with precise line readings and movement completely dominates the stage...
...good to see the Caravan Theatre doing something besides How to Make a Woman and children's plays. Both Woman and their children's plays are good, but limiting. The Caravan has enough talent to be doing other things. Their Caucasian Chalk Circle of two years ago is an example of the strong work they are capable of. The Exception and the Rule is not up to Chalk Circle's mark, but it is a step in the right direction...
Short but ugly skirmishes crackled through the city. On one street in the commercial district, several women were attacked by toughs from a Communist paramilitary youth group; shopkeepers and middle-aged men in business suits ran to the ladies' aid. In the fashionable Las Condes district, a caravan of right-wing thugs squealed by Allende's residence, firing epithets, water bombs and-some said-a few shots at the guards outside. Another group was stopped by police before it could get to the Cuban embassy, where Castro was hosting a farewell reception...