Theatre review: A Prayer For My Daughter

[nick730]

A Prayer For My Daughter by Thomas Babe is a bit of an obscure American play to be putting on at the Young Vic, and having seen it I'm not sure what the motivation was for this revival. On the night of the 4th of July sometime in the 1970s, two New York cops, Kelly and Jack, have arrested Sean and Jimmy for the brutal murder of an old woman.

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[triomakesmehot]

Morgan's another of those guys who fall into what I call the "uglysexy" category - his face and body seem to be chucked together from spare parts, but you definitely would. And in case you were worried that 2008 seemed to be seriously lacking the full-frontal nudity that marked so much of 2007 at the theatre, Morgan's got a full-frontal scene here, hurrah!

OK, for us Americans and other aliens, do you have any pics of Morgan so we can see what we're missing out on? No, not THAT kind of pic (unless you have them, of course ... as I know you couldn't snap any during the performance). I'm just not familiar with him at all and would like to see what "uglysexy" looks like.

AND SHOW ME ANOTHER REVIEW WHERE YOU GET THAT KIND OF PRICELESS DETAIL, EH?

I love your "priceless detail" comments! Keep up the good work for those of us vicariously enjoying British theatre through your eyes!!!

Anyway, the women to my left seemed to like the view - after the play one of them admitted she'd been "mentally sketching" the goods.Makes sense ... I

[nick730]

OK, for us Americans and other aliens, do you have any pics of Morgan so we can see what we're missing out on? No, not THAT kind of pic (unless you have them, of course ... as I know you couldn't snap any during the performance). I'm just not familiar with him at all and would like to see what "uglysexy" looks like.

A couple of pics of Colin Morgan from when he was in Vernon God Little:

[triomakesmehot]

Yeah ... I see what you mean ... not ugly at all, but not drop dead gorgeous, either.

so can report that while the rest of him's a bit odd-looking (in a good way) there's a perfectly respectable package in there.

Well, that IS after all, the important part. Of course, the question now is which way does he swing? Gay or straight?

[nick730]

Well I haven't heard any rumours about him batting for the home team, and I certainly haven't heard any rumours about how he keeps getting work at the Young Vic (a few years ago the home of the most homoerotic Julius Caesar ever - it was set in a steam room) the Old Vic (Artistic Director: Kevin Spacey) and on Doctor Who (whose Executive Producer created Queer As Folk) kthxbai.