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At what point does one stop sitting back and start taking action against injustice? What is the price to those who participate and those who are protecting the peace? The unanswerable is what makes “The Getaway Driver” such an interesting piece of theater.
‘All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain’ — Created and Performed by Patrick Page. Directed by Simon Godwin. Presented by Arts Emerson at the Emerson Paramount Center through November 1. By Shelley A. Sackett The term “tour de force” (literally “feat of strength”) was coined to describe performances like Patrick Page’s in…
At its core, All the Devils Are Here is an 85-minute case study on the depiction of villany, and how it evolves, shifts, and develops across Shakespeare’s works. Early on in the show, Page states his central claim: that Shakespeare invented “the villain” as it is contemporarily defined today.
‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ ─ Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella, ‘Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson; Directed by Jenny Lavery; Scenic Design by Michael Hoover; Costume Design by Yao Chen;Lighting Design by Brian J. Lilienthal; Sound Design by David Remedios. Presented by Merrimack Repertory Theatre at…
