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“Dublin by Lamplight” a fine fantastical play about Irish nationalists

“Dublin by Lamplight” a fine fantastical play about Irish nationalists

Michael West’s play is a charming, stylized, fantastical imagining of a Dublin theater troop that gets caught up in the Irish independence movement over a hundred years ago. It tells the story of some actors’ efforts to found the Irish National Theatre of Ireland and the conflicts and dangers that arise because some of them are also committed to “the Cause.”

“The Select (The Sun Also Rises)” an entertaining parody of Ernest Hemingway’s novel

“The Select (The Sun Also Rises)” an entertaining parody of Ernest Hemingway’s novel

The Elevator Repair Company’s often entertaining, sometimes puzzling parody of Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel was maybe not intended to be the second. But the production, which cuts but doesn’t change a word of the book, makes one wonder how anyone could have taken Hemingway seriously. Or maybe that’s a result of this hokey presentation of Hemingway’s lines.