Blind actors bring theatrical insight

When nine blind people stagger onto the stage hand in hand and move awkwardly into position, it is a struggle to believe this is actually the opening of a classic French play. But when the actors begin to recite the lines from Belgian Nobel Prize-winner Maurice Maeterlinck's La Princesse Maleine, their voices produce such a heart-rending tone that helps the audience to feel the misery and confusion caused by a life spent in darkness. In an interview with METRO after a rehearsal, some of the cast and crew with the blind acting troupe explained how their lives have been just as dramatic as the characters they portray on stage.