Saturday, February 06, 2021

Play review - "Third World Blues" by David Williamson (1997)

 Williamson's re-do of Juggler's Three shores up the second half especially - the first scene seemed less impressive to me but that might be because I was more familiar with it, and also the original take had a ripped from the headlines quality. 

The second half tightens the structure and Graham becomes more of a driving force. The play is more sympathetic to him (he gets a big monologue towards the end) but it's still clear he's a horrible controlling nasty person, even before he went to Vietnam. 

A very good play.

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