Review: The Cowboy from Corona by The Hourglass Players

by Michael Meigs
Published on February 02, 2014

For her simple tale of a New Mexico incident Cindy Vining uses the metaphor of Purgatory as described by Dante in the Divine Comedy (ca. 1320).  The framework is Christianity lite, without the complications of theology. We're greeted with song by a not-quite-yet-heavenly choir, all dressed in white.  The recently deceased Captola, known as Cappie, is happy to arrive to the afterlife from rural New Mexico.  She's looking forward to the climb up the mountain toward the …

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