The Busy World is Hushed (Jun 2006) Jill Clayburgh - Playwrights Horizons
Hannah (Jill Clayburgh), an Episcopalian minister hires young Brant (Hamish Linklater) to help her translate and interpret an ancient text believed to predate the Bible. Added to the mix is Thomas (Luke Macfarlane) who has recently returned home after another of his many absences. As mother and son begin their uneasy dance together at once again being reunited, a spark ignites between the two men. While Brant at first pushes Thomas away, Brant eventually receives a nudge from an unlikely source, Hannah herse Caught between mother and son who continue their own search for truths in their relationship and beliefs, Brant forges his own quest, questioning the fragility of life and its/his relationship to a God that would allow terrible things to happen. It is in these different quests that the conflict arises. Hannah's blind faith infuriates her son as he sees it as a lie, a convenient excuse; Thomas' own desire to find the truth of his existence is destined to tear him and his mother apart yet again; and Brant's need for his own answers puts too much pressure on Thomas. Clayburgh plays dual role, simultaneously the scholarly priest and loving mother. We watch as her external shell is gradually chipped away as the life she hopes to have with her son begins to once again materialize, and, just as quickly it is rebuilt as that reality does not true. Kroon does an equally good job as the lost boy who reinserts himself with little guilt back into the family dynamic, with a selfishness and an anger that percolates just under the surface. Indeed it was the scenes between mother and son that felt the most real, the most desperate, and the most loving.All rising to an incredibly powerful scene between mother and son that brought tears to my eyes. The Busy World is Hushed (Jun 2006) Jill Clayburgh, Hamish Linklater, Luke Macfarlane-Playwrights Horizons.
The Busy World is Hushed (Play) Jill Clayburgh, Hamish Linklater, Luke Macfarlane-Playwrights Horizons
Playbill / Program Date Jun 2006
Run: Jun 20, 2006 - Jul 9, 2006
Size 215 x 135 mm Pages 48
Condition: Used Good 8/10
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