Theater: Wheelborne

SPOKESONG by Stewart Parker

It sometimes seems as if Arvin Brown, artistic director of New Haven's Long Wharf Theater, visits the London stage with a shopping list. And he never settles for shoddy goods. Among his finds have been The Changing Room by David Sto rey and The National Health by Peter Nichols. The link continues with Spokesong, a play of tipsy irony and fantastical humor set against the cruel fratricide of Northern Ireland.

The hero, Frank (John Lithgow), runs a bicycle shop in Belfast. He is zany about bikes and a bit zany...

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