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By DIANA KIRI)
Kuppnhannork NvwiiCunlrihulIni Writer
While there was much to celebrate this past week-end in our community’s “Colonial Christmas,” two events, but not exclusively those, deserve comment: Ki Theater’s productions on Friday. Saturday and Sunday of “The Shepherds' Flay" and the Smithson String Quartet’s playing three of Haydn’s string quartets, including his lust one, at the Theater in Washington. To experience both, one evening after another, brought riches beyond anticipation.
“The Shepherds’ Flay,” a Germanic mystery play, embellished by remarkable medieval-style music, presents the story of the birth of Jesus as it was told in the New Testament, and brought to life by European peasants.
The lowly origins of the drama betray themselves in the attitudes expressed and the events portrayed from the point of view of the working poor. To them, "homelessness”, was an understandable condition and the toll of taxes was a fit topic of conversation.
Everything about “The Shepherds’ Flay" warrants comment: the setting’s evocation of a star-lit sky above struggling trees; the costumes of Joseph, Mary and the shepherds, as well as the angels and attendant actors and singers, all lent atmosphere. The beautiful music, played on simple instruments and sung by a
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