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Stratford Festival's ‘Forgiveness' is an unforgivably poor adaptation of a Canada Reads-winning memoir

Forgiveness 1.5 stars (out of 4) By Hiro Kanagawa, adapted from the book by Mark Sakamoto, directed by Stafford Arima. Until Sept. 27 at the Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside Dr., Stratford, Ont. or 1800-567-1600 STRATFORD — 'Forgiveness,' a new stage adaptation of Mark Sakamoto's Canada Reads-winning memoir of the same name, is a work unabashedly forthright with its intentions. Its title is its theme, its morals and its guiding virtue. It's also the feeling that playwright Hiro Kanagawa wants so keenly for his audience to embrace as they walk out of his two-act historical drama.