※ 引述《Escude (I THANK YOU)》之銘言：
: 今年11月10日到12月22日將在倫敦的The Royal Court Theatre推出新作首演
: DRUNK ENOUGH TO SAY I LOVE YOU
: 廣告詞是：
: Jack would do anything for Sam.
: Sam would do anything.
: （Stoppard的Rock N' Roll的也由Royal Court製作。）
: http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/
: # Paperback: 80 pages
: # Publisher: Nick Hern Books (9 Nov 2006)
今天正好在衛報網站上看到Drunk Enough To Say I Love You的劇評已經出來了
看來本劇政治意味頗為濃厚～
衛報劇評Michael Billington給了四顆星（滿分五顆）
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1954937,00.html
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You
****
Royal Court Theatre, London
Michael Billington
Thursday November 23, 2006
The Guardian
Caryl Churchill's new play certainly puts an original spin on the
"special relationship". Its conceit is to use a male affair as a
metaphor for the tortured submissiveness of Britain to America on
foreign policy. I applaud the intentions, even if the play is almost
too ingeniously elliptical to ram home its arguments.
Churchill presents us with two guys on a sofa: Sam (as in Uncle) and
Jack (as in Union) - they might even be Bush and Blair. And what is
startling is the sexualisation of politics. The two guys coitally
bond over military diplomacy, regime change, rigged elections, and
much else. Sam demands a "total commitment" which Jack, who has left
his family, cannot give. And Jack's qualms surface over carbon
emissions which, it is implied, may end the affair.
I love the idea. And Churchill pursues her premise with rigorous
logic. Jack harps on sacrifices made to be with Sam, with domestic
ties neatly symbolising party principles. Sam is bullish, dominating
and unyielding. And it is genuinely funny to see a dispute over trade
tariffs played out as a lovers' tiff, with Sam saying "Come on, we've
done debt cancellation here". Like Pinter, Churchill nails US
doublethink ("private means free"). While the two, like intimates,
complete each other's sentences, the compacted speech sometimes
leaves arguments hanging in the air. It's a short play you almost
need to hear twice, or read straight after, to get the full force;
only when Sam gets a rare, uninterrupted speech about torture-practices
do you feel Churchill's moral rage.
Even so, the piece is skilfully staged by James Macdonald with the
sofa itself rising ever higher as the two lose contact with reality.
Ty Burrell's Sam has a wonderful thrusting aggressiveness. Stephen
Dillane's Blairite Jack has the right mix of capitulation and lurking
conscience. Having dealt in the past with the politics of sex,
Churchill puts the sexuality of politics centre stage.
‧ Until Dec 22. Box Office 020-7565 5000
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