A Hard Heart
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Opened Nov 11, 2007
Closed Dec 9, 2007
Opened Nov 11, 2007
Closed Dec 9, 2007
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Kathleen Chalfant stars in Epic Theatre Ensemble's production of A Hard Heart, written by Howard Barker, and directed by Will Pomerantz.
The play, which explores the ways we protect our political and human borders, is a drama about a country facing invasion. 'Praxis' the Queen enlists the Genius 'Riddler' to devise a strategy to protect their threatened culture, but is the sacrifice too much?
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The official with the stony organ mentioned in the title of Howard Barker's cautionary allegory A Hard Heart -- which was written in 1991 and originally broadcast on BBC radio -- declares that in times of war, torture is an acceptable practice. That political position is undoubtedly one of the reasons the Epic Theatre Ensemble is now putting the show on at Theatre Row. Clearly, the company believes the English playwright's grim script is relevant to a perilous time when a newly confirmed attorney general can be cagey about wartime information-gathering tactics. But, make no mistake, at no moment is a pretentious and turgid screed like this one relevant to anything.
The play's abunda[...]