As a religious sect, the Puritans prided themselves on being austere, strict, unemotional and remote, which pretty much describes Theatre Calgary’s The Scarlet Letter. The play is Phyllis Nagy’s 1994 stage adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel which has long been considered an American masterpiece. The Scarlet Letter, which Hawthorne subtitled A Romance, tells the […]
