[Fwd: Paid on Both Sides: A Charade by W.H. Auden at the Robert Gill Theatre]

[Luella Massey]

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THE GRADUATE CENTRE FOR STUDY OF DRAMA (University of Toronto)

presents the Canadian première of

 

PAID ON BOTH SIDES: A CHARADE

By W.H. Auden

Directed by Michael J. Sidnell

 

"That was no good exchange which on both sides had to be paid with the 
lives of friends!"

 

Feuding houses in the North of England. Latter-day Vikings or Edwardian 
schoolboys? Star-crossed love. Puzzles and play. The University of 
Toronto's Drama Centre proudly presents the Canadian première of W.H. 
Auden's PAID ON BOTH SIDES: A CHARADE, directed by Michael J. Sidnell 
(The Dog Beneath the Skin by Auden and Isherwood, Canadian premiere, 
Drama Centre, 1978).

 

"The village won't stand it!" Too controversial to be performed when it 
was first written, Auden's  "charade" includes a collage of his earlier 
poems. Radically experimental in its    dramatic language and use of 
medieval and modernist dramatic forms, stoic in its philosophy, PAID ON 
BOTH SIDES: A CHARADE, written and revised in 1928-29, still mesmerizes 
and disturbs. It also demands the "acrobatics, dancing, and all forms of 
physical skill" that Auden insisted on as "the basis of all acting."

 

"Very much a DC show!" In keeping with the Drama Centre's approach to 
play production, PAID ON BOTH SIDES: A CHARADE explores theatricality 
and the performative with a cast, crew and production team drawn almost 
entirely from Drama Centre students. Sound design and electronic and 
live performance by Dario Del Degan. Original blues music by David 
Walmer. Dance movement arranged by Sarah Nixon Gasyna.

 

Best known as a great modernist poet, Auden wrote for the theatre 
throughout his career. The later Auden was a noted opera librettist 
("last refuge of the High Style"), often collaborating with Chester 
Kallmann. His plays were all written early in his career, mostly in 
collaboration with Isherwood and for the London Group Theatre. They 
remain vital experiments in recovering old theatrical forms and 
embodying new poetic ones.

 

PAID ON BOTH SIDES: A CHARADE runs January 25-30, 2005

at the Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College St. (St. George entrance).

Tues. to Sat. 8PM. ($15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students). Sun. 2PM (PWYC).

Tickets: Drama Centre Box Office, 416-978-7986, or at the door.

 

Produced by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

Media Contact: Robin Whittaker, 416-978-7986

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