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Jent, Deanna

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St. Louis Eats and Drinks With Joe and Ann PollackJoe and Ann Pollack, St. Louis' most experienced food writers, lead a tour of restaurants, wines, shops and other interesting places.When we travel, you will travel with us. When we eat, drink, cook, entertain or read, when we go to the movies or theater, we'll shareour knowledge and opinions. Come along for the ride!! Copyright 2011 Joe Pollack and Ann Lemons PollackHomeArchivesProfileSubscribeApril 16, 2011Till We Have FacesThe myths of the Greeks and Romans, their stories of gods and goddesses, faith and infidelity, love and loss, have been influencing writers ever since. Right upto last night at the Fontbonne University theater.The ancient myths influenced C. S. Lewis, who wrote a novel, "Till We Have Faces," about Psyche. Lewis' book influenced Deanna Jent, who read it in college.Now the artistic director of the Mustard Seed Theatre, she adapted the novel as a dramatic, powerful play, and it opened last night, torun through May 1.Jent also directed, on a Dunsi Dai-designed set that could double for Elsinore, or Dunsinane. In an interesting twist, she chose to have Michelle Hand andSarah Cannon both play the role of Orual, first princess and later queen. Cannon portrays her as a young woman, Hand as an older version, but they often areon the stage at the same time, conversing, arguing, plotting. It works surprisingly well.The fine cast also includes Robert Mitchell as the King, perfectly regal and a viciously arrogant chauvinist, even where his own daughters are concerned;Richard Lewis, just right and wonderfully unctuous as the High Priest; Bess Moynihan and Rory Lipede as Orual's sisters, Redival and Psyche, respectively;Shaun Sheley as Bardia and Gary Glasgow as Fox, advisers to the king. Far upstage, in rich-looking, simple gowns, Jill Ritter is extremely impressive as thepriestess, part Greek chorus, part narrator, part warning voice that comes in the night.While it gets a little talky from time to time, the play holds interests, though Lewis fans may be held a little more tightly. Mitchell's heinous attitude toward hisdaughters, who have absolutely no value where he shops, is echoed through the centuries, and the three daughters are individual types, Cannon as the loyaldaughter who eventually reaches a breaking point, Moynihan excellent as the epitome of selfishness and a person about as deep as the River des Peres in July.Psyche is not of this world.The story is as old as Greek civilization, as contemporary as today. Both Lewis and Jent have looked deeply into people, and have not always liked what theysaw.Till We Have Faces, a production of the Mustard Seed Theatre, opened last night at the Fontbonne University Theater, to run thrugh May1Posted at 07:46 AM in Theater/Film Reviews | PermalinkSt. Louis Eats and Drinks With Joe and Ann Pollack: Till We Have Faces http://stlouiseats.typepad.com/st_louis_eats_and_drinks_/2011/04/till-we-have-faces.html1 of 2 11/7/11 11:44 AM

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