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I saw it on Friday. I can share observations, if you like. Btw Theresa Colletti participated in a panel discussion about making theater on the road, organized by Olney Theatre in connection to the production, and there's a video of the discussion on the theater's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/142692869075359/videos/200051651238352/ Cheers, Michelle Butler ____________________________________ Michelle Markey Butler she/her/hers michellemarkeybutler.com facebook.com/michellemarkeybutler On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 8:05 AM Twycross, Meg <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > WOMAN playing Noah's wife? > > Meg > > Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies, > > Department of English and Creative Writing, > > Lancaster University, > > LANCASTER LA1 4YD > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion < > [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Alan Baragona < > [log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* 11 March 2020 02:51 > *To:* [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* [External] Modern play about medieval troupe performing Noah > > > *This email originated outside the University. Check before clicking links > or attachments.* > Today’s print version of *The Washington Post* has a review of a play by > Jordan Harrison call *The Amateurs*, which premiered in 2018. It's about > a traveling troupe of medieval players who are performing a Noah play in a > time of plague, especially focusing on the woman who is playing Noah's > wife. Do any of you know of it? First I've heard of the play or of the > playwright. It sounds a bit reminiscent of the players in *The Seventh > Seal*, and I'm a little surprised the review doesn't mention it. In > earlier years, my wife and I would have jumped on I-81 and gone up to D.C. > to see it, but between the coronavirus and other things, there's no way we > can get there before it closes on April 5. But I just like knowing this > play exists, and I've preordered the volume of Harrison's plays that is > coming out in July and will include it. > > I don’t know that the Noah play being performed by the troupe is the > Wakefield Master’s *Noah* or, more likely given the opening as described > in the review, is loosely based on it, but if either is the case, it makes > a nice irony that the actor who plays the character who plays the wife is > named “Townley,” just one <e> off! > > For those of you who subscribe to the Post but may have missed the review, > here is the link. > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/coronavirus-looms-over-this-play-set-during-a-plague-but-the-amateurs-speaks-to-timeless-concerns/2020/03/09/b06229a2-620f-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html > <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftheater_dance%2Fcoronavirus-looms-over-this-play-set-during-a-plague-but-the-amateurs-speaks-to-timeless-concerns%2F2020%2F03%2F09%2Fb06229a2-620f-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html&data=02%7C01%7Cm.twycross%40lancaster.ac.uk%7C1533b90b85774451fac808d7c567369a%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C1%7C1%7C637194919419841278&sdata=Wa6kyVg47IkAGswszgYvYZoz3CbI02W3dRDWKsWrE2g%3D&reserved=0> > Alan Baragona > >