On Saturday, Darrel and I went to see THE CHILDREN'S HOUR with Keira Knightley, Elizabeth Moss, Ellen Burstyn and Carol Kane. It was very powerful and good. It was amazing to be able to see Ellen Burstyn live on stage along with Keira Knightley and Elizabeth Moss. I thought that Ellen Burstyn was great, but Keira tried to do a New England accent (the play takes place in the 30's in a New England girl's school) and it seemed really forced and not all that believeable. Actually, the best person in the whole play was an unknown by the name of Bryony Hannah. She played a girl at the school that gets punished and then retaliates by saying that Elizabeth Moss' and Keira Knightley's characters are lesbians. She was really really good and believable as a bratty little girl...in fact, by the end of the first act you can't stand her character. The play was originally written back in 1936, and was banned in many countries because of the subject matter (England being one of them. In 1961, it was made into a movie with Shirley Maclaine and Audrey Hepburn. Needless to say, it was not a lighthearted afternoon at the theatre, but we both thoroughly enjoyed it.
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