Toronto, Canada.(John Mighton's 'Half Life')(Brief article)

From: American Theatre | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Estvanik, Nicole | Copyright information

HALF LIFE: John Mighton was a Canadian playwright of some acclaim (his Possible Worlds was made into a full-length feature film directed by Robert Lepage), but for several years he appeared to have abandoned the theatre for mathematics. Then in 2005 Toronto's Necessary Angel Theatre Company and Tarragon Theatre premiered Mighton's first new work in nine years, Half Life. Staged by Necessary Angel artistic director Daniel Brooks, this new work about the fragile romance of two octoge...

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