The Way of the World & The Oresteia
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 10, 2000
Closed May 28, 2000
Opened Mar 10, 2000
Closed May 28, 2000
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Pearl Theatre continues their mission of becoming America's premiere classical theatre company, by producing two legendary shows in a professional rotating repertory.
The Way of the World by William Congreve, explores the wit and cynicism of the Restoration, in what is considered as the supreme achievement of the movement. Every relationship in the play has an illicit aura or history or implication, and each one in some way involves sex and money, such is "the way of the world"
The Oresteia by Aeschylus, translated by Peter Meineck is both a savage myth and a rite of passage unto itself. This sweeping account, takes us from darkness to light, from vengeance to justice, from vendetta to forgiveness and from barbarism to civilization.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
The Pearl Theatre is presently swamped with love, lust, jealousy, betrayal, and fashion in its revival of William Congreve's The Way of the World. With a plot that might as well have served as divine inspiration for countless Aaron Spelling television shows, this play has some very basic troubles in this productoin, beginning with the fact that the text almost refuses to come to life. This may be due to some rather conventional staging and frequently cartoonish performances. The result is three hours of less than exciting "playacting," not Restoration-era hooliganism.
The story begins with Fainall (Jay Russell) and Mirabell (Dan Daily) discussing the social state of their lives. Fai[...]
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Josh Godfrey on Mar 24, 2000
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The Pearl Theatre is presently swamped with love, lust, jealousy, betrayal, and fashion in their revival of William Congreve's The Way of the World. With a plot that might as well have serves as divine inspiration for countless Aaron Spelling television shows, this production has some very basic troubles, beginning with the fact that they play almost refuses to come to life, and this may be the result of rather conventional staging and frequently cartoonish performances. The result is three hours of less than exciting "playacting," not Restoration-era hooliganism.
The story begins with Fainall (Jay Russell) and Mirabell (Dan Daily) discussing the social state of their lives. Fainall[...]