Pericles
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 6, 2004
Closed Feb 28, 2004
Opened Feb 6, 2004
Closed Feb 28, 2004
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Shakespeare's Pericles is the famed playwright's late Romance about exile, loss and redemption, directed by Bartlett Sher. Purity of heart triumphs over corruption in Theatre for a New Audience's production. Fable-like in nature, Pericles is a journey-filled romance evoking the mysteries of an ancient Middle East.
Sher splits the title role, using two actors to portray Pericles' fourteen-year transformation, as well as double-casting several of the primary roles-dramatic devices that brilliantly underscore the play's intrinsic symmetries. As well, Sher strips the play of its customary spectacle, suggesting its atmosphere through only essential elements. Translucent curtains flank an aquamarine mosaic floor; live music, based on Greek and Western hymnals, complements the minimalist décor.
Schedule: Feb 12--14, 17, 19--21, 24--28 at 7:30pm; Feb 15 & 22 at 3pm
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To drum up business for Shakespeare's infrequently seen Pericles at BAM, the Theater for a New Audience folks are advertising their truly spectacular treatment as the Bard's most-produced opus in the years immediately following its premiere and for some time afterward. Perhaps the idea is to suggest that the Elizabethans knew something we've lost sight of and that, if we want to be hip as those olde and avid theatergoers, we'd better get with it.
Left out of the slogan is the context in which Pericles flourished. Four hundred years ago, times were changing in England. The most significant difference for dramatic literature is that Shakespeare, whom we consider an Elizabethan playwright, wa[...]