Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Don't go to Kendrew Lascelles' play "A Child's Guide to Heresy" in search of deep allegorical meanings or hidden social agendas. "It's just a story. I wrote it purely as an entertainment," Lascelles says. "It's a fairy story for adults." Lascelles' play will have its world premiere on Friday, as the first production of the 2011-12 season of The REP, Point Park University's professional theater company.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
'A Child's Guide to Heresy' offers fantasy, no special meanings
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Don't go to Kendrew Lascelles' play "A Child's Guide to Heresy" in search of deep allegorical meanings or hidden social agendas. "It's just a story. I wrote it purely as an entertainment," Lascelles says. "It's a fairy story for adults." Lascelles' play will have its world premiere on Friday, as the first production of the 2011-12 season of The REP, Point Park University's professional theater company.
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I think that we should have more playwrights or just people in general who write things just because they want to. Or rather they write things because they just want to entertain an audience. Nowadays people can spend years figuring out the deeper and more profound meaning of a piece of work. Now while I will agree that many of our most famous works really are trying to say something about society, I am also sure that there are a few in there that the writer was just trying to have a little fun, or blow off some steam, or maybe thought it was pure garbage and did it purely as a joke on himself or herself. What I am trying to say is that we could all take a lesson from Lascelles and not take ourselves too seriously all the time and still make something that honestly does seem rather interesting.
its great that he is just writing for a good story. i think that while there is something to be said for social critique sometimes its just nice to sit down and be entertained by a good story.
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