Angels in America, The Maids, Phedre, Othello

Angels in America, Belvoir, June 5 and 6; The Maids, Sydney Theatre Company, June 8; Phedre, Bell Shakespeare, June 12; Othello, Sport for Jove, June 14. THEATRE, from companies big and small, has been particularly rich in the first half of the year in Sydney. There were exceptional new works, old ones given a jolt…

Driving Miss Daisy

Theatre Royal, Sydney, March 2 ALFRED Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy is a wisp of a play with matters of great substance at its heart. Boolie Werthan (Boyd Gaines) thinks his mother Daisy is no longer capable of driving safely and against her will hires Hoke Coleburn as her chauffeur. The year is 1948 and the…