Guthrie Theater

I and I: The Sense of Self is as a collage of poems and opinion, essays and insights on the subject of age and aging. In a society where growing old is typically something to dread, mask and avoid at all costs, this personal reflection offers a delightfully differing viewpoint.

“Mark Twain best described age as an issue of mind over matter,” says Keating. “If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Borrowing from the works of great minds, including W.B. Yeats, Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot and Albert Einstein, he examines the masters who have done it well, offering us insight on how to proceed with growing older and entering into the whole aging game. An informal question and answer session will follow the 90-minute performance.

Keating has appeared in numerous Guthrie productions, most recently as Clement O'Donnell in the American premiere of Brian Friel's The Home Place, directed by Joe Dowling. Perhaps most recognized for his work on the award-winning British television series "Brideshead Revisited" and the NBC soap "Another World," his fan base spans generations around the globe.

Photo by Mike Habermann 

"Crabbit Old Women"
by Anonymous
What do you see, nurses?
What do you see?
What are you thinking
When you're looking at me?
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