Monday, February 04, 2008
Hemingway Makes Stage Début, His Intent Intact at Last
The New York Sun: "This seems to be the season for new plays by dead writers. First came Mark Twain's 'Is He Dead?,' freshly dug out of the vault and adapted for Broadway by David Ives. And now the off-Broadway Mint Theater is mounting the first faithful production of 'The Fifth Column,' the only play by Ernest Hemingway."
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I cant help but to think that there must be some underlining reason as to why...
a.) Hemingway wrote one play, and this was it.
b.) He wanted literally nothing to do with its production.
c.) All humanly possible acts of superstition occurred during efforts to produce this show for the first and only time in the past.
I hate to say it, but this play might be headed towards a large disaster. However, I guess if I were to argue with those three points I would be considered somewhat of a superstitious. It still sounds like an awful idea.
well i hope disaster isn't the outcome for this production. i think it is a risky endeavor but it is not necessarily a bad idea. it could be quite successful and coming from a great writer like Hemingway i am sure it has a lot of potential. The interesting thing to me is whether or not they are going to execute Hemingway's vision.
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