Word: ludlam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP by Charles Ludlam...
...Charles Ludlam is at it again. His Ridiculous Theatrical Company, the Greenwich Village troupe that on a shoestring has rejuvenated the manly art of comic burlesque, now turns for its inspiration to the penny dreadful, a sensational form of fiction that nourished in Victorian Britain...
...author and director, Ludlam moves the melodrama with ferocious precision; this is high-voltage comedy, not low camp. But it is as an actor that this supernally gifted jacka-napes-of-all-trades shines brightest. All eight roles here (four male, four female) are played by Ludlam and his co-star Everett Quinton, with lightning-quick costume changes and split-personality voice throwing. Quinton as the maid skulks off stage right and 20 seconds later appears at the French doors as Lord Edgar. At the climax, Ludlam's Nicodemus struggles with Ludlam's Lady Enid-a true vaudeville...
Galas. Or: The Life and Hard Times of Maria Callas. Leave it to off-off-Broadway's Charles Ludlam-playwright, producer, director and, in the title role, every inch a diva-to put the art back into commedia dell'arte...