See it if you enjoy relationship plays; you don't need happy endings; you like figuring out what's going to happen
Don't see it if you have difficulty with Irish accents and mumbled speech; you don't enjoy plays dealing with dysfunctional families
See it if Irish dramas, morality & period pieces, story of strong determined woman trying to overcome her past, great performances by Meaney & Horgan
Don't see it if disappointing set including the background mountains; some cliched local characters late in play; Irish accents by some hard to understand* Read more
See it if You appreciate great acting and a well-made play with a haunting quality.
Don't see it if You have trouble with accents. You dislike melodrama. You prefer happy endings. Read more
See it if you can deal with depressing stories, you can deal with actors who mumble, you can deal with Irish accents
Don't see it if you want to feel happy, you like to hear every word, you want characters you can relate to Read more
See it if The Mint revivals are always worth seeing & this, 1st performed in 1948, must have been a shocker at the time. Well done Mint Theater!
Don't see it if You prefer newly written plays or musicals.
See it if you are a fan of The Mint and their revivals of obscure Anglo/Irish plays.
Don't see it if you don't like Irish accents or if you have a low tolerance for melodrama. Read more
See it if You enjoy a good revival of a play that must have been pretty scandalous when it was written in a small theater setting.
Don't see it if You don’t enjoy dramas or small theater productions.
See it if you don't want to miss the memorable characterizations offered by the actors, especially Con Morgan, Brenda Meaney & Jesse Pennington.
Don't see it if you do not want to see a play that would have been better off left undiscovered.
"However bold it was then, by today’s standards, director Aidan Redmond’s revival offers audiences little more than a diorama, a 3-D representation of a bygone era...In this period play, the odds are stacked against a smart, straight-talking, and brave woman who is desperate to make a fresh start in life. While Redmond’s production generates heat and performances are fiery, the play’s dated and protracted naturalistic style makes the controversy it stoked then no longer feel relevant today."
Read more