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Paris Theatre, January-April 2008
Apr 01, 2008; Daniels, Barry ... Paris Theatre, January-April 2008 Classic Plays Christopher Marlowe's Edward II is a strikingly modern play. It deals openly with homosexuality and paints a bleak portrait of political maneuvering. Anne-Laure Liégeois has directed an excellent production of the play for the ...
Spring in Berlin
Apr 01, 2008; Carlson, Marvin ... For Berlin theatregoers, the month of May is dominated by the annual Theatertreffen, but there are always a number of attractive other offerings for those who wish to fill in nights between the festival performances. Some of these in fact are Berlin productions that were nominated for the ...
Johann Kresnik's The Ring in Bonn
Apr 01, 2008; Enzelberger, Genia ... Johann Kresnik's The Ring in Bonn Johann Kresnik has been internationally active as a choreographer and director since 1967. After working in Bremen, Heidelberg, and at the Volksbühne in Berlin, he and his ensemble were engaged at the opera in Bonn. Der Ring is Kresnik and his dancers's ...
Wallenstein
Apr 01, 2008; Grange, William ... Wallenstein Rarely has a new production of an old play attracted the kind of international attention as did the premiere of Wallenstein: ein dramatisches Gedicht (Wallenstein: a dramatic poem, usually translated as The Wallenstein Trilogy) by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Peter Stein ...
April in Paris: In Search of the Past
Apr 01, 2008; Zatlin, Phyllis ... April in Paris: In Search of the Past During my brief week in Paris at the end of April, 2008 I elected to seek a diversity of productions, somewhat removed from the most visible national and boulevard theatres. But as I review the five plays I saw, it is clear that all of them were in ...
Barcelona: Revisiting the Classics
Apr 01, 2008; Delgado, Maria M ... Barcelona: Revisiting the Classics ¡Ay Carmela! is back (although the visibility the play has enjoyed since its premiere twenty years ago makes you question if it ever went away). The first production featured the Lecoq- and Grotowski-trained actor José Luis Gómez in the role of the ...
The Past is Present: Mayorga and Morote on the Madrid Stage
Apr 01, 2008; Zatlin, Phyllis ... The Past is Present: Mayorga and Morote on the Madrid Stage Two outstanding productions among contemporary plays on the Madrid stage in early March 2008 were Herbert Morote's El guía del Hermitage (The Hermitage Guide) at the Bellas Artes and Juan Mayorga's La tortuga de Darwin (Darwin ...