To the editors:
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Last week [October 15] Jack Helbig reviewed Greek Streets, currently running at the Royal George Gallery. In praising the production, an adaptation of stories by Harry Mark Petrakis, he took a swipe at City Lit–among others–who have “done to death” a technique for adaptation (used in the production he praises) that “treats fiction as mere fodder for the stage.”
City Lit’s work is entertaining theatre–and it is also a public celebration of the private pleasures of reading. Our educational outreach program, which has reached over 290,000 children, encourages them to read. And the excitement we generate is exemplified by a young girl who approached an actor after a performance, book in outstretched hand, saying, “That was terrific. Have you read this one?”
