Citizens, GlasgowDirector/designer Stewart Laing's production of The Maids is vividly theatrical (the stage curtain gets a round of applause). But its visual surprises and non-textual interventions " rock guitar trio; projections of Jean Genet berating the makers of a BBC documentary; Laing's own Q&A with the audience; frequent nudity " grab attention at the expense of Genet's text.Written in 1946, the play straddles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM on January 26, 2013