"A rose is a rose is a rose." Gertrude Stein's famous line spoke to the reality of the object: the object in its materiality trumps the symbolic name we offer it. Hence, "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," says Juliet to her Romeo of that hated name "Montague." Might we say […]
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:00PM on November 1, 2013