| Re: "Attracting theatre," by Martin Morrow, Theatre, June 14-20, 2007.
Mr. Morrow, I wish I had the capability to explain to you how lost Hannah Moscovitch's brilliant The Russian Play was on you. More tragic than the fate of her sublimely conceived protagonist, Sonja, is that you did not allow yourself to give over to Moscovitch's writing. It is gutsy, layered and intensely theatrical. Perhaps you were festival weary by the time you saw the show?
Audiences have already lined up to have the opportunity to cultivate and dole out that praise. The Russian Play has packed houses every step along the way. Work from an emerging writer can rarely do such a thing, especially when a young, unknown director is at the helm.
I hope you will take any opportunity to take in Hannah's work in future and that you will go in with an open heart and a keen sense of intellectual stamina. Her work demands it.
Tara Beagan,
playwright/actor/director, Toronto
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