Mr. Fox: A Rumination
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 13, 2004
Closed May 16, 2004
Opened Apr 13, 2004
Closed May 16, 2004
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Signature Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Mr. Fox: A Rumination, the third and final production of the company's 13th season, dedicated to the plays of Bill Irwin. James Houghton directs.
The play is a reflection on the life and work of one of theatre's most celebrated clowns, George L. Fox (1825-1877). Fox delighted audiences from the Bowery to Broadway with his raucous and ribald performances, but he could not escape his greatest success, the white-face role of "Humpty Dumpty." Mr. Fox: A Rumination is one clown's rumination on another, on the life of a performer, and on the act of performance itself.
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Waiting until the final entry in his Signature Theatre season, Bill Irwin has produced his crowning achievement. Mr. Fox: A Rumination is also his clowning achievement, and that phrase isn't merely a play on words: In this 90-minute piece, Irwin has synthesized the themes that have preoccupied him for much of his distinguished, too often flawed career.
Rubbery of face and physique and sometimes of writing, Irwin has repeatedly evidenced a fascination with the history of clowning. In the first offering in this retrospective season, The Harlequin Studies, he took great pains to call attention to his place in the tradition he reveres; he also lent to his portrayal aspects of the sad clown, a f[...]