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Show: Blackbird
Posted on Nov 09, 2008 at 5:23 p.m. by LeeH
David Harrower's 'Blackbird' dares to reveal humanity and nuance in a drama of two people damaged by sexual abuse
by Claude Peck, Star Tribune
If you don't think you can tolerate 75 minutes of intense, sometimes explicit, back-and-forth talk between a man and woman who had a sexual relationship 15 years ago, when she was 12 and he was 40, this is never going to be your play.
But those curious about the Scottish playwright David Harrower, who upset Tom Stoppard ("Rock 'n' Roll") and Peter Morgan ("Frost/Nixon") to win the 2007 Olivier Award for best new play, will not want to miss "Blackbird."