A powerhouse of a play - Delaney infuses his characters with humanity - German POWs and American soldiers alike. Cleverly framed by Moliere’s “The Miser (“it’s a comedy! - well, maybe in this version maybe not), Delaney gives us a bookend of a cultured society on one end and a beet harvest in Iowa on the other - with no judgements. The dialogue moves cleverly and quickly and the characters draw you in. While it’s an historical play, it speaks to us today. Produce it and listen. It has a lot to say.
A powerhouse of a play - Delaney infuses his characters with humanity - German POWs and American soldiers alike. Cleverly framed by Moliere’s “The Miser (“it’s a comedy! - well, maybe in this version maybe not), Delaney gives us a bookend of a cultured society on one end and a beet harvest in Iowa on the other - with no judgements. The dialogue moves cleverly and quickly and the characters draw you in. While it’s an historical play, it speaks to us today. Produce it and listen. It has a lot to say.