Through a glass darkly
text: Ingmar Bergman
mise en scène: Michael Attenborough
theatre company: Almeida Theatre London
First, the project of being the audience during the reading of a work in progress doesn't sound exciting. But when talented actors (John Bowe was my favourite) interpret a text which is much funnier than the Bergman's film, the audience forgets this is only a kind of rehearsal.
Everything I connected to the film was absent: there were neither spider, real metaplay, nor ringing bells.
The adaptation was a success and surprised us a lot. (A.)
(Photo Ingmar Bergman copied from: http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/07/30/bergman_3007_narrowweb__300x468,0.jpg)
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