GREEN JULIA by PAUL ABLEMAN
All of theater is an encounter group.
The playwright issues a challenge of some kind. The audience gives a positive or negative response. The nature of the challenge tends to shape the nature of the encounter, and the challenges may vary a great deal.
One type is what might be called the Rorschach-test play, a Harold Pinter specialty. The ambiguity of his plots and the opacity of his characters' motivations leave the playgoer with the task of figuring out what the play means. In the process, each member of the...
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