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Fortune and Men's Eyes packs powerful punch The play about men in prison broke barriers when it originally opened off-Broadway in 1967, and still can shock.

When Canadian John Herbert�s searing prison drama, Fortune and Men�s Eyes, first opened off-Broadway in 1967, the Star�s Nathan Cohen praised it for asking �deeply disturbing questions about long-established personal and social assumptions,� while the Globe and Mail�s Herbert Whittaker condemned it for practising �the art of washing our dirty linen in the neighbour�s yard.� [read the full story here]

Toronto Star, Thursday, August 29, 2013
Tags: Prison Culture & Lifestyle, Canada
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