Exorcising guilt From: The Spectator | Date: May 15, 1999| Author: | Copyright Spectator May 15, 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Theatre

Aunt Dan and Lemon

(Almeida Theatre)

Dogs Barking

(Bush Theatre)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

(Cottesloe Theatre)

Exorcising guilt

Wallace Shawn, author of Aunt Dan and Lemon, is son of the legendary William Shawn who edited the New Yorker for 35 years. Wallace's problem is with his legacy of affluence. He's needled that a comfortable lifestyle and liberal values are dependent on the acquiescence of the underdogs, and on the readiness of governments to use force. As Aunt Dan has it in the play, `you and I are only able to be nice because. . . our governments are not nice!' Given ...

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	Talk shocks in 'Aunt Dan and Lemon'. ; ...Nov. 1--LOWELL -- Its title -- Aunt Dan and Lemon -- sounds perfectly innocent...to its disturbing conclusion. Aunt Dan and Lemon isn't for children or sissies...production of The Homecoming, Aunt Dan and Lemon begs you to look on voyeuristically...
	THE LAST LETTER/AUNT DAN AND LEMON ; ...Christopher Street 212.239.6200 AUNT DAN AND LEMON By Wallace Shawn Harold Clurman...haltingly phrased question posed by Aunt Dan and Lemon. And the question both authors...irritating moral questions. Aunt Dan and Lemon's sad tale comes in layers that...
	`AUNT DAN' POSES CHILLING CHALLENGE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight) ; ...Alan Dumas News Staff Writer AUNT DAN AND LEMON Grade: B When and Where: Germinal...brilliant, yet horribly drama Aunt Dan and Lemon is getting top-notch treatment...everyday evil, he challenges us in Aunt Dan and Lemon to face some of our most repulsive...
	`Aunt Dan and Lemon' ; ...recommended Wallace Shawn's "Aunt Dan and Lemon" may very well be the...intermissionless show. "Aunt Dan and Lemon" is an adult play...when a family friend, Aunt Dan (Franette Liebow), would...and decadent friends. Lemon also recalls the tense...
	`Lemon,' Most Potent; A Strong, Disturbing Play at Wooly Mammoth ; At the end of "Aunt Dan & Lemon," a frail young recluse, who looks...does seem perfectly acceptable. "Aunt Dan & Lemon," which opened Sunday night at the...staying power? You might describe "Aunt Dan & Lemon" as a dark version of "Auntie Mame...
	Shawn's provocations bear fruit // `Lemon' puts the squeeze on conservatism ; ...surface, Wallace Shawn's play, "Aunt Dan and Lemon," could not be more civilized...makes it all so fascinating. "Aunt Dan and Lemon," first produced in 1985 at...the talent to provoke. And in "Aunt Dan and Lemon," he has tapped his gift for...
	`AUNT DAN' MORE FEVERISH POLEMIC THAN PLAY.(Entertainment)(Review) ; ...of Wallace Shawn's ``Aunt Dan and Lemon,'' when a sweet-faced...reminiscences. Fine's pitch as Lemon is, unsettlingly, just right. Smith's Aunt Dan occasionally becomes...away with writing ``Aunt Dan and Lemon,'' which is more a feverish...
	`Aunt Dan and Lemon' daring theater, sets the mind on fire ; ...daring and mesmerizing play "Aunt Dan & Lemon" received its Chicago premiere...Dan, the tall, prim-looking Aunt Dan and Lemon Lemon Martha Lavey Greene Aunt...the lurid seduction scenes. "Aunt Dan and Lemon" is incendiary: It sets the...
	`George,' `Aunt Dan' better here than in New York ; ...production of Wallace Shawn's "Aunt Dan and Lemon," a young English woman named...me turn my face to the sun. "Aunt Dan and Lemon" makes me want to hide. I had...Public Theater in New York, "Aunt Dan and Lemon" was a very hot ticket, primarily...
	Shawn's heavy-handed `Aunt Dan and Lemon' leaves a sour aftertaste ; STAGE REVIEW Aunt Dan and Lemon Play in one act by Wallace...Nazi death camps. In "Aunt Dan and Lemon," now at Merrimack Repertory...fell under the thrall of Aunt Dan (Carmen Roman), a presumably...for Danielle - who gave Lemon, nee Leonora, her childhood...

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