THE TRIP BACK DOWN by JOHN BISHOP
Astonish me! Those two words should be inscribed over every playwright's desk. At the birth of drama, the ancient Greeks bodied forth the outrageous image of a man murdering his fa ther and marrying his mother. Doubtless, no one in the Athenian audience had performed those acts, but then, he or she had not come to the theater to see the people next door.
Despite an occasional scene that flares up with emotional violence and pain, The Trip Back Down is a play sadly lacking in astonishment. It repeats itself, it is predictable, and...
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