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...facilitator John Rockwell’s voice rang with exasperation as he pushed Clarke to explain her interpretation. Did a feminist interpretation, he asked, determine the play’s opening scenes—which feature Karen MacDonald as an impudent Hippolyta, swollen with mute resentment of her husband Theseus (John Campion), the top-heavy emblem of dour autocratic unreasonableness? Clarke didn’t think so. “Quite often, I don’t know why I make the selections I make. I kind of instinctually and intuitively move through decisions...
...everyone in The Andrians stays robed as they loll next to a river of wine. In Bacchus and Ariadne, the wine god leaps out of his chariot to meet a princess abandoned by her boyfriend on the island of Naxos. She was quickly off with the old love (Theseus, who's he?). Things haven't changed much in the Greek islands, except that cars have replaced cheetah-drawn chariots, and fewer revelers dress in snakes. Titian produced "some of the sexiest pictures that you will see anywhere," says Jaffé. He pushed "the envelope of how erotic you could...
Widener Library patrons may want to consult the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur before venturing into the building during its current renovation...
...mythology in which a complex scenario involving Gods, mortals, family vendettas and suppressed libido interact in a whirlwind of death and revenge. The plot itself is a vast intertwining of story lines, rooted in a background of bestiality and Amazon romance. The pivotal action focuses on Phaedra, wife of Theseus, who becomes consumed with an incestuous desire to pursue her own stepson, Hypolytus. Inevitably, the plot thickens as emotional disclosure and interpersonal confrontation complicate the dynamics of this severely disturbed and dysfunctional family...
...American audience. As for individual performances, each cast member skillfully plays out his or her part in Phaedra's psychological battlefield: Randy Danson, in the title role, effectively relays the wrenching inner turmoil of her character, while Benjamin Evett instills Hypolytus with a sense of naivete and youthful nerve. Theseus--Jonathan Epstein--delivers a charged performance as well, with his towering stature and the gruff voice of an Athenian warrior. The production appears to intentionally spark audience laughter in the most wrenching scenes. At times, the play pounds on with a tragic death occurring every 30 seconds and the pathetically...