When Valerie and Euans car breaks down in remote countryside near the Antonine Wall they have a problem. With their mobiles left at home and an evening out arranged in Glasgow; they have to find help fast.This comes in the form of Petey and Ida and their twenty-year-old daughter Christine; a farming family who live and breathe the history and traditions of the small area of earth theyve made their home. Dark Earth premiered at the Traverse Theatre; Edinburgh; in July 2003.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The best of Jonsons later periodBy Sean JohnsonOne of Jonsons final plays. Jonson has clearly softened on many of his lifelong criticisms of Shakespeare; the influence of two plays he repeatedly criticized by name--The Tempest and The Winters Tale--is unmistakable in The New Inn; though he maintains his strict adherence to classical forms (i.e. not violating the dramatic unities). While ultimately heartwarming; Jonsons embrace of Shakespearian forms is imperfect. A master at the comedic ensemble; Jonson here tries his hand at the very Shakespearian high/low double plot (a la The Tempest or Henry V) and his untried hand wavers. Still; the speeches in the Court of Love scenes are some of Jonsons most beautiful; and the high plot succeeds with satisfaction. At any rate; the play is perfectly representative of Jonson in his later years; and a must-read for fans of Elizabethan drama.This review cross-posted at visionsetrevisions.wordpress.com
