Fool For Love
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With the air of a modern western, Shepard's Fool for Love tells the story of a secret love affair between a cowboy, Eddie, and his longtime sweetheart, May. Taking place in a cheap motel room on the outskirts of the Mojave desert in New Mexico and over the course of only one night, the play depicts two lovers caught in a tormentuous love and hate relationship, alternately yearning for and rejecting one another. As they exchange bitter words and share dark memories, the truth behind the beginning of their love story is gradually revealed.




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 Eddie
May
Martin
The Old Man

 August 4 - October 1, 2005
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Sam Shepard
Ted Dykstra
May



. . . Stuart Hughes
. . . Megan Follows
. . . Kevin Bundy
. . . Frank Moore





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"Admittedly, [Sam Shepard]'s riding an old horse -- Fool for Love from 1983 -- but with Ted Dykstra in the director's chair and Megan Follows and Stuart Hughes in the lead, this Canadian welcome wagon is injecting new life into the playwright and his mode of transportation . . .

If there's one thing to be said about Follows, it's that this petite actor can fill up large theatrical spaces or, as her TV career proves, revert to a smaller, quieter mode of performance. The May that Follows sustains for the play's 75-minute run draws on both ends of the acting game. She is gentle, even helpless, one minute and a kick-ass fighter the next. Throughout, Follows gives a performance of great emotional intelligence and considerable physical dexterity as well. You can feel that sexual torrent inside her that makes her a fool for love."
– Kamal Al-Solaylee, The Globe and Mail



"Megan Follows's Meg has less room for physical manoeuvre but more for emotional, and she goes to superb extremes of rage and tenderness. She has a tougher mind than Eddie, though it does her little good. I remember seeing Follows giving a whole string of fine performances in the great early years of the Atlantic Theatre Festival, and it's a treat to see her picking up now where she left off then."
– Robert Cushman, National Post



". . . [Follows is] the most refreshing look to this year’s Soulpepper line-up and looks solid in front of a live audience. For some reason you find yourself routing for Follows’ May more than Hughes’ Eddie."
– Steven Berketo, TorontoStage.com


"To watch Follows swagger across the stylized confines of Steve Lucas's motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert is to witness desire and desperation struggling to exist in the same tormented body . . . in the end, it's Megan Follows you'll remember the best."
– Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star



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