Mauritius (a stamp, a play, an island)

[ellen_datlow]

This evening I attended a new play about what is supposed to be the most expensive postage stamp
in history --scroll down to the second two stamps on the page:
Mauritius stamps

The play, by Theresa Rebeck is about half sisters who are fighting over possession of a valuable family stamp collection.
F. Murray Abraham is funny and scary and very very effective, Alison Pill (who was in The Lieutenant of Innishmore --which I loved)is fine, Bobby Canavale (in Hurley Burley in a kind of similar role) might be a one trick pony, although I've only seen him in the two roles, and Dylan Baker (who was excellent in the movie Happiness) is very good. However, I despised the character of the older sister from the first few minutes she appeared, and I'm still not sure if it's the writing, the directing or the acting of the role that turned me off. She's played by Kate Finneran, who I (apparently) saw in Pig Farm and I honestly don't remember her at all in it.

In any case, I recommend the play. It's nicely produced (except for Finneran--now I have to go read reviews of it).

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[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yeah.. and this might be such a case!