The Rivalry
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 21, 2009
Closed Jul 19, 2009
Opened May 21, 2009
Closed Jul 19, 2009
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In 1858, two extraordinary men shared a podium to debate issues that would rock the world. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, the nation's most charismatic orators, tackled these historic debates with a fervor and an energy which hypnotized the nation.
Using their passionate words, playwright Norman Corwin opens the world of the past with searing intensity and offers a play as trailblazing as the real life characters who inhabit it. In this year of the historic election of President Barack Obama corresponding to the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln the topics addressed in The Rivalry have never been more timely or more brilliantly brought to life.
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Fifty years ago, Norman Corwin -- the now 99-year-old "poet laureate of radio"-- crafted excerpts from the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 into a playscript titled "The Rivalry" that enjoyed a modest run on Broadway. However, Vincent Dowling's production of this rather antiquated work at the Irish Repertory Theatre only proves that what might have worked as a viable drama a half-century ago now emerges as something custom made for the disembodied medium of radio.
As a live performance, The Rivalry leaves a lot to be desired -- such as any significant action. Apart from the opponents (played by Christian Kauffmann and Peter Comincan) taking turns at the podium, the sight of Mrs. Douglas (Ma[...]