James Karas
Title and Deed is a
one-man show now playing in the Tarragon Theatre Workspace in a production by
Nightfall Theatrics. It is an interesting monologue, difficult to follow and
not amenable to logical analysis.
Title is the legal right to own property and deed is the evidence of
your title. That’s clear enough.
In the small Workplace with about a dozen spectators, Christopher
Staunton delivers his one hour and ten minute monologue that covers a myriad of
points that are not easy to follow and even harder to recall. The point is that
this is impressionistic theatre and what matters is the image that author Will
Eno and Stanton want to leave us with.
Stanton comes to the playing area and tells us that he going through
customs and visiting for pleasure. Presumably he is coming “here” to our
country from another country. We have similarities and differences with his
country but we are never sure what they are.
There are philosophical musings, childhood memories general comments
about existence. The subject is changed quickly and seamlessly. The performer
has a bag in which he carries a stick and an empty lunch box. Protection and
nourishment? Perhaps.
Stanton deserves a standing ovation for memorizing he script alone. He
deserves credit for performing the confusing script in which he goes through a
number of emotions and gives us some humour.
Aside from that I cannot say I got much more out of the play.
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Title and Deed by Will Eno played in the Tarragon Theatre
Workspace, 30 Bridgman Ave. Toronto, Ontario between September 19 and October
8, 2017 in a production by Nightfall Theatrics. This review is posted disgustingly
late. Mea culpa.
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