clash
The Guardian was not quite right about RSC's Jacobean drama season at the Gielgud Theatre, describing it as a 'financial disaster' with 'pitiful box office takings'. The five neglected Jacobean plays were overshadowed by the glorious fame of the Elizabethan ones, but now a two-month extension has proved their value in the Jacobean canon.
The Island Princess is remarkably prescient--clashes between the East (Indonesia) and the West (Portugal), Christianity and the heathen religion, colonialism and war. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Especially when the Indo King says to his new Caucasian brother-in-law, 'You have made me half a Christian'. 'Now drop down your guns. Let's dwell in universal happiness.' 'Universal' adopts a rather arbitrary tone...
With Bush and Blair all armed up in the name of 'war against terror' to bring 'universal happiness', how can one not be doubtful?