'Speaking in Tongues' Gives Infidelity a Theatrical Twist
Australian author Andrew Bovell’s “Speaking In Tongues” is a play of patterns: patterns in human behavior but also patterns in playwriting. While the content, a study of infidelity, might seem overly familiar, the form is almost mathematically abstract. Bovell’s favorite technique is the mirror image, with characters interlocked into each other’s fates. Employing just four actors to play…