Photo back to front: Victoria George, Lily Odekirk, Marta Rainer* AEA*
Presented by Wellesley Repertory Theatre
Written by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Directed by Nora Hussey
May 26 – June 26
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
Wellesley, MA
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Review by Danielle Rosvally
(Wellesley, MA) Having just recently completed my own Doctorate in Shakespeare, I can relate deeply to the struggles of Constance Ledbelly, the heroine of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). To those who spend any amount of time studying Shakespeare’s works, the bard’s characters become constant companions; roommates, lovers, friends; nearly corporeal in their presence in our lives. They haunt us; whispering echoes of themselves on loop day and night; and sometimes (if we are very lucky) revealing secrets of themselves only to us. These secrets we prize at a worth beyond compare for they are the true goal of such study. Continue reading
