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...grows embittered when his initial quests for pleasure through women and wine start to feel like the listless idles of a cynic. Even in his final hours, Danton proves remotely unmoved by his impending demise; he reflectively admits one dark night, “I am merely flirting with death??it’s all empty noise, bravado.” Clark portrays this shift in Danton’s character effectively; his natural stage presence allows him to convincingly convey both freewheeling enthusiasm and downtrodden despair...
...actors. Perhaps most frustratingly, the production takes what could have been a compelling period epic and spoils it with sluggish direction. The show’s many detriments—coupled with a muddled, slow-moving plot—cause “Danton’s Death?? to lose the thrill and excitement that its decidedly dramatic premise could have produced...
...Danton’s Death?? follows the life of Georges Danton, a prominent figure in the Revolutionary Government after the French Revolution. In the play, Danton is charged with the creation of the Revolutionary Tribunal, which doles out justice in whatever way it sees fit—largely without trials, evidence, or witnesses...
...reward for all his years of dutiful service. Instead, his boss (who struggles to even remember Mr. Zero’s name) casually announces that he is fired, as a new adding machine will replace him. Furious, Mr. Zero kills his boss and is subsequently imprisoned and sentenced to death??a punishment that sends him to the Elysian Fields, an eerie afterlife where he reflects on his past existence...
...production attempts to provide an honest depiction of a family coping with a traumatic experience. After being diagnosed with testicular cancer, the father—Richard Young—begins to question his past and present interactions with his family. Both comedy and serious revelation ensue. “Death?? premieres March 6 at the Brattle Theatre...