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NORÉN'S WAR

When Lars Norén, Europe's most produced playwright, due to health reasons couldn't come to New York to personally direct his play "War" as planned, it fell into the lap of fellow Swede Anders Cato to bring it to fruition. A not altogether easy task.

Despite the fact that shades of both Eugene O'Neill and Edward Albee can be felt in Swedish playwright Lars Norén's plays, he's had and continues to have a difficult relationship with American audiences. For all the success War has collected around the world, it received at best lukewarm reviews in New York. "Non-engaging," "tepid," and "confusing" are but some of the tags the play was given by the critics. Director Anders Cato pauses when ...

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