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MUSIC | The Music of Sir Harrison Birtwistle
...story begins with Sir Brute griping about his wife of two years; he claims she married him for money. Though she’s never done anything wrong exactly, he can no longer stand her presence, and drowns his sorrows in drink and bawdy revelry with a gang of unsavory courtiers...
...intimacies quickly unfolds. Peter Rini’s Ned Constant pursues a friendship with the unpalatable knight in hopes of getting closer to the beautiful Lady Brute, whom he has loved from afar since the day he first saw her—the day of her marriage to Sir Brute. Meanwhile Heartfree, played by Adam Dannheisser, scoffs at his friend’s romanticism—until he too finds himself in love with one woman and pursued by another—the self-absorbed and incessantly chatty Lady Fancyfull, hailed by all as the most ridiculous gentlewoman in town...
...changes. The costumes, inspired by the punk designs of Vivianne Westwood, are entertainment in themselves—a fascinating blend of patterns, textures, and colors perfectly coordinated with characters’ personalities. Particularly stunning are Lady Fancyfull’s hot-pink, floor-length feathery cloak and the dress Sir Brute wears to the magistrate’s home. Yes, I said dress...
...cast is full to the brim with talent, though one member truly stands out; it is difficult to conceive of a more disgusting character than the tobacco-smoking, liquor-swilling, foul-mouthed, ungrateful Sir Brute, and even more difficult to imagine anyone carrying him off to more repulsive perfection than Bill Camp...