{"id":6075,"date":"2011-01-04T17:01:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/?p=6075"},"modified":"2011-01-04T17:01:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:01:39","slug":"frances-benn-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/frances-benn-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Benn Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Frances Benn Hall<\/strong>, who died Aug. 30, 2014 aged 96, reviewed theatre in the Berkshires for NewBerkshire.com and BerkshireLinks.com since the late &#8217;90s. Many of her reviews are available here and we&#8217;re in the process of re-posting many more that have fallen off the web over the years. <\/p>\n<p>Franny Hall is the author <strong>Ezra\u2019s Noh for Willie and Other Plays<\/strong>, a collection of plays, many of which have been performed in the Berkshires. Ms. Hall graduated from the <strong>University of Wisconsin<\/strong> in 1941: <strong>Sinclair Lewis<\/strong> was one of her teachers, <strong>Howard Moss<\/strong> a colleague. After graduation, she moved to New York City and shared an apartment in Greenwich Village with Merce Cunningham. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/2009\/07\/27\/merce-cunninghams-gift\/\">Ms. Hall&#8217;s reminiscence of a gift from Cunningham<\/a>)  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/berkshires-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Frances-Benn-Hall1.jpg\" alt=\"Franny Hall\" title=\"Franny Hall\" width=\"245\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6077\" \/>Praise for <strong>Ezra\u2019s Noh for Willie and Other Plays<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;These noh plays have the charm of miniature paintings.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>William Gibson,<\/strong>  Playwright<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Delphic Players are proud to have paired Frances Benn Hall\u2019s Ezra\u2019s Noh for Willie with Yeats\u2019 The Only Jealousy of Emer in a festival at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast that featured contributions by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Britain\u2019s National Theatre.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Louis Muinzer,<\/strong> Director, The Delphic Players.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/berkshires-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ezras-Noh1.jpg\" alt=\"Ezra&#039;s Noh for Willie and Other Plays, by Frances Benn Hall\" title=\"Ezra&#039;s Noh for Willie and Other Plays, by Frances Benn Hall\" width=\"145\" height=\"217\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6081\" \/>&#8220;Frances Benn Hall has had the original and interesting idea of taking well-known figures or characters and using a technique adapted from the Japanese Noh Theatre to dramatize their inner experience. These little &#8220;ghost&#8221; plays with their evocative use of quotation, music and dance, offer a theatrically fresh, often poignantly unexpected way in to the hidden contents of famous lives. The sense of place they evoke through simple means is a part of their charm &#8211; Byron at Via Reggio, Hawthorne at Tanglewood, and Lady Gregory on Ben Bulben.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Katherine Worth<\/strong>, Author, The Irish Theatre of Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frances Benn Hall, who died Aug. 30, 2014 aged 96, reviewed theatre in the Berkshires for NewBerkshire.com and BerkshireLinks.com since the late &#8217;90s. Many of her reviews are available here and we&#8217;re in the process of re-posting many more that have fallen off the web over the years. 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