PARADISE LOST
The play we went to tonight is an interpretation of Milton's work, by Jeffrey Keele, a local playwrite. He wanted to remain true to Milton, but sometimes it's tempting to break out into one's own message. I went to the reading of the work as it was a few months ago, where actors read the parts, with a minimum of acting out. A while later, the writer and I had a sit-down about what worked, what didn't, and where he might go with it, because at that point he wasn't sure exactly where to take it.... Sign in to see full entry.