

Hiroshima: crucible of light
Robert Lawson
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Readers appreciate the depth and complexity of the play, noting its intertwining themes and rich storytelling. Many feel that while the script is compelling, experiencing it live is essential for full impact. The work demands close attention for a deeper understanding and often repays further examination.
"Of all Lepage's magic boxes, this is the masterpiece" (Independent on Sunday)
Early one August morning in 1945, several kilos of uranium dropped over Japan changed the course of human history.
Fifty years later, Hiroshima's vitality is striking: the city where survival itself seemed unimaginable today incarnates the notion of renaissance.
Robert Lepage and Ex Machina's The Seven Streams of the River Ota makes Hiroshima a literal and metaphoric site for theatrical journey through the last half-century.
In The Seven Streams, Hiroshima is a mirror in which seeming opposites - East and West, tragedy and comedy, male and female, life and death - are revealed as reflections of the same reality.
Seven Streams Of The River Ota is a Canadian play written by Eric Bernier and published by Methuen in London (2006).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9781408148952).
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