A Walk in the Woods
From: Wednesday, 12th October 2011
To: Saturday, 12 November 2011
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Synopsis
Set in a wood on the outskirts of Geneva during a nuclear arms conference, the play examines the relationship between the two chief negotiators, a Russian and American as they meet informally after long, frustrating hours at the negotiating table. A humorous, deeply moving study of mankind's quest for War and Peace.
Our Review:
Jo Caird - 18 October 2011
Lee Blessing's 1985 play is based on the real life 'walk-in-the-woods' arms agreement that took place when US arms negotiator, Paul Nitze, and his Soviet counterpart, Yuli Kvitsinsky, took to the forest outside Geneva in an effort to resolve their nations' nuclear deadlock with informal talks. But while the drama takes the arms negotiations as its context, A Walk in the Woods avoids becoming bogged down by politics and is ultimately a play about two people attempting to understand each other across an ideological divide.
The part of the American negotiator was originally written for a man, but has been made into a female role for this production. Myriam Cyr is delightfully awkward as the humourless Joan Honeyman, while Steven Crossley is simply masterful as Andrey Botvinnik. Indeed, such is the strength of Crossley's performance that Cyr occasionally appears overly earnest in comparison. It is the only flaw in an otherwise perfect dynamic...
Cast
Steven Crossley (Andrey Botvinnik)
Myriam Cyr (Joan Honeyman)
Creative
Lee Blessing (Author)
Northern Stage (Producer)
Vermont Productions (Producer)
Nicolas Kent (Director)
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