(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/19.)
Robert Lepage made his name internationally with The Dragons' Trilogy, created in 1985. Now he returns to the subject of the cultural collision of east and west in what he calls a spin-off rather than a sequel. As a two-hour, three-character piece, it is slimmer and subtler than its forbear; and, which is not always true of Lepage, it offers an ideal marriage of form and content.