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The Surreal Life of James Joyce
From: Irish Voice
Date: 20050412
Author:Barth, Diana
Barth, Diana
Irish Voice
04-12-2005
JAMES Joyce's novel Finnegan's Wake is both long and complex. It has been
adapted for the stage by Barbara Vann, artistic director of a theater group
called Medicine Show. What one sees here is not realistic theater, but is
abstract in the extreme.
In short, the project is a daunting undertaking. On one level it is the
story of one night in the life of one man, Finnegan; actually his dream
life, for what transpires can hardly be considered realistic.
On the other hand, the play transmits the universality of human experience
- at least, that is what I think it may ...
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