What a Young Wife Ought to KnowWritten by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Christian Barry. Until April 7 at Streetcar Crowsnest, 345 Carlaw Ave. crowstheatre.com and 647-341-7390 This 2015 play by Hannah Moscovitch is sad, shocking and necessary. Set in a 1920s Ottawa tenement, it dramatizes the struggle of a young woman, Sophie (Liisa Repo-Martell) to cope with fertility and desire in the context of overwhelming poverty. Article Continued BelowWhat makes it important, but also challenging to watch, is that the subject matter feels uncomfortable, but why should it? The searing intelligence of Moscovitch’s writing starts with the play’s title, which sounds like the sanctimonious pamphlet that could have helped Sophie and women like her.

Source: thestar March 23, 2018 19:30 UTC